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Quercus Hinckleyi
''Quercus hinckleyi'', commonly called Hinckley oak, is a rare species in the white oak group (''Quercus'' Section ''Quercus''). It has a restricted range in the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico ( Chihuahua and Coahuila). In the US, it occurs in only two counties in southwestern Texas and is federally listed as a threatened species.USFWS''Quercus hinckleyi'' Five-year Review.September 2009. Description ''Quercus hinckleyi'' is a shrub that forms a dense, tangled thicket no more than 1.5 metres (5 feet) tall. The highly branched stems are coated in scaly gray bark and the smaller twigs are brown and sometimes waxy. The leaves are up to long by 1.5 cm wide and have large, widely spaced teeth, resembling holly leaves. The blades are leathery, waxy, and blue-green in color. The fruit is an acorn 1 to 1.5 cm wide at the cap, the nut measuring up to long. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cornelius Herman Muller
Cornelius Herman ("Neil") Muller, born Müller, (July 22, 1909 – January 26, 1997) was an American botanist and ecologist who pioneered the study of allelopathy and oak classification. Personal life Müller was born in Collinsville, Illinois, but moved at an early age to Cuero, Texas and was educated there. He was graduated with a BA in botany from the University of Texas in 1932, and an MA from the same institution in 1933. He first married Mary Elizabeth Taylor, but they divorced in 1936; he changed his name to Muller in the following year. After graduating from the University of Illinois in 1938 with a Ph.D. in botany, Muller worked for the Illinois Natural History Survey for one year and then for the US Department of Agriculture in various capacities from 1938 to 1945. Summers were usually spent on plant collecting trips to Mexico, the Southwest, and the southern United States. His work focused on vegetation studies in Texas and Mexico and most prominently on oaks. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |