Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus > Quercus emoryiQuercus emoryi (Black Oak)Synonyms: Quercus balsequillana; Quercus duraznillo; Quercus duraznillo f. bullata; Quercus duraznillo f. cochutensis; Quercus duraznillo f. pinetorum; Quercus hastata Quercus emoryi, the Emory oak, is a species of oak common in Arizona (including inside Saguaro National Park), New Mexico and western Texas (including inside Big Bend National Park), United States, and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila (including Parque Nacional Maderas del Carmen), Durango, Nuevo León, and San Luis Potosí). It typically grows in dry hills at moderate altitudes. The tree is named after the United States Army surveyor, Lieutenant William Hemsley Emory, who surveyed the area of west Texas where it was discovered in 1846. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Monoecious | | Leaf Type [1] | Evergreen | | Pollinators [1] | Wind | | Specific Gravity [2] | 0.66 | | Structure [1] | Tree | | Usage [1] | A mulch of the leaves repels slugs, grubs etc, though fresh leaves should not be used as these can inhibit plant growth;
Oak galls are excrescences that are sometimes produced in great numbers on the tree and are caused by the activity of the larvae of different insects. The insects live inside these galls, obtaining their nutrient therein. When the insect pupates and leaves, the gall can be used as a rich source of tannin, that can also be used as a dyestuff;
Wood - heavy, hard, strong, brittle, close grained; Of little value commercially, though it is an important fuel in its native range; |  | | Height [1] | 39 feet (12 m) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License♦ 2Forest Inventory and Analysis DB version 5.1, May 4, 2013, U.S. Forest Service ♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009 ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Tamias dorsalis, E. Blake Hart, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 399, pp. 1-6 (1992) |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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