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Full Name: - Quercus texana

Quercus texana Buckley (1861)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae
Common Names in this Database
Description
See: R. J. Jensen, Volume 3 of Flora of North America (1997) Page 464
Natural Distribution
USA: (Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Tennessee, Texas)
Hardiness
USDA Zone 5 to 9
Conservation Status
Rated as Least Concern (LC) in the The Red List of Oaks
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (UK) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2009
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus nuttallii E.J. Palmer (1927)
Quercus shumardii subsp. texana (Buckley) E. Murray (1983)
Main Horticultural References
(Grimshaw & Bayton) New Trees (2009) page 753
Hortus Third (1976) page 935
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 109
(Jacobson) North American Landscape Trees, (1996) page 562
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 787
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1731 treats part as a synonym of Q. shumardii var. schneckii
Recent Monograph References
(Miller & Lamb) Oaks of North America (1985) page 67 as Q. shumardii var. texana (Buckley) Ashe & pg. 78 as Q. nuttallii Palmer
(Hard˙ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chęnes (2006) Volume 2, page 158
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 174 illustrated (autumn colour, page 175 tree)