| Lacey oak | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. laceyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus laceyi Small | |
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| Natural range of Quercus laceyi | |
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Quercus laceyi, the Lacey oak, is a small to medium-size deciduous oak tree which is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León) and to the Texas Hill Country in central Texas in the United States.
Description
Quercus laceyi seldom grows more than 35 feet (11 meters) tall, and has a stocky trunk. Its blue-green leaves are oblong and shallowly lobed to unlobed, but shade leaves can be deeply lobed; they most often turn yellow or brown in autumn.
Quercus laceyi has often been confused with Quercus glaucoides, which is an evergreen oak native to central and southern Mexico.
Habitat
Quercus laceyi is often found in association with limestone outcrops.
References
- Kenny, L.; Wenzell, K.; Jerome, D. (2017). "Quercus laceyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T72420423A86599508. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T72420423A86599508.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- "Quercus laceyi Small". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2023-03-03.
- ^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus laceyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Nixon, K. C.; Muller, C. H. (1992). The taxonomic resurrection of Quercus laceyi Small (Fagaceae). Sida volume 15. pp. 57–69.
- Small, John Kunkel (1901). "Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States—IV". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 28 (6): 358.
- "Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center".
External links
- Texas Superstar®, by Texas A&M University, "Lacey Oak Is A Real Texas Lady"
- photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1996
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