''Quercus rugosa'', commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a

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in the

beech Beech (''Fagus'') is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia, and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, ''Engleriana'' and ''Fagus''. The ''Engle ...

and

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

family

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. It is

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to southern

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Description

''Quercus rugosa'' is an

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shrub or tree.CONABIO'', Quercus rugosa''
/ref> The bark is brown and scaly. The

leaves A leaf (plural, : leaves) is any of the principal appendages of a vascular plant plant stem, stem, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis. Leaves are collectively called foliage, as in "autumn foliage", wh ...

are thick and leathery, rarely flat, usually cupped, up to 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, dark green on the top but covered with a thick of reddish-brown hairs on the underside.Née, Luis. 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3(9): 275
short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish The young leaves are also very hairy and usually red or yellow. Quercus rugosa (detail)

Name

''Quercus rugosa'' is

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for "wrinkled oak". In

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it has many common names like "encino negro" (black oak) or "encino quiebra hacha" (axe-breaking oak). Colloquially it is known as "chaparro," a word which has also passed into the lexicon as slang for a short person.

Distribution

It is widespread in

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and the southwestern

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(

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New Mexico ) , population_demonym = New Mexican ( es, Neomexicano, Neomejicano, Nuevo Mexicano) , seat = Santa Fe , LargestCity = Albuquerque , LargestMetro = Tiguex , OfficialLang = None , Languages = English, Spanish ( New Mexican), Navajo, Ker ...

, western

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).Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593
/ref> It grows extensively in the temperate highlands of central Mexico, particularly on hillsides and in narrow gorges, between 1,800 and 2,900 meters elevation. It is associated and usually coexists with other oaks,

alder Alders are trees comprising the genus ''Alnus'' in the birch family Betulaceae. The genus comprises about 35 species of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few sp ...

pine A pine is any conifer tree or shrub in the genus ''Pinus'' () of the family Pinaceae. ''Pinus'' is the sole genus in the subfamily Pinoideae. The World Flora Online created by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden accep ...

s and Texas madrones.

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Photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Durango in 1904
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rugosa The rugosa, also called the tetracorallia or horn coral, are an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals that were abundant in Middle Ordovician to Late Permian seas. Solitary rugosans (e.g., '' Caninia'', '' Lophophyllidium'', '' Neoza ...

Flora of the Sierra Madre Occidental Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental Flora of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Chiapas Highlands Oaks of Mexico Plants described in 1801 Trees of the Southwestern United States Trees of Chiapas Trees of Guerrero Trees of Michoacán Trees of Oaxaca Trees of Puebla Trees of Veracruz Flora without expected TNC conservation status

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