Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus > Quercus vimineaQuercus viminea (Sonoran oak)Synonyms: Quercus bolanyosensis Quercus viminea, the Sonoran oak, is a North American species of oaks in the beech family. It is native to northwestern and west-central Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, Jalisco), primarily in the Sierra Madre Occidental. The species range extends just north of the international border into Santa Cruz County in southern Arizona. Quercus viminea is an evergreen or drought-deciduous tree up to 10 meters (33 feet) tall. Leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, up to 15 cm (6 inches) long. |
| Air Quality Improvement [1] | None | | Allergen Potential [1] | Medium-High | | Carbon Capture [1] | Medium | | Shade Percentage [1] | 79 % | | Temperature Reduction [1] | Low | | Wind Reduction [1] | Medium-Low |  | | Height [1] | 52 feet (15.8 m) | | Width [1] | 48 feet (14.6 m) | | | Hardiness Zone Minimum [1] | USDA Zone: 6 Low Temperature: -10 F° (-23.3 C°) → 0 F° (-17.8 C°) | | Hardiness Zone Maximum [1] | USDA Zone: 9 Low Temperature: 20 F° (-6.7 C°) → 30 F° (-1.1 C°) | | Water Use [1] | Moderate to Low | | | Lifespan [2] | Perennial | | Structure [2] | Tree |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1i-Tree Species v. 4.0, developed by the USDA Forest Service's Northern Research Station and SUNY-ESF using the Horticopia, Inc. plant database. ♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture ♦ 3DIET OF ACORN WOODPECKERS AT LA PRIMAVERA FOREST, JALISCO, MEXICO, VERONICA CAROLINA ROSAS-ESPINOZA, ELISA MAYA-ELIZARRARAS, OSCAR FRANCISCO REYNA BUSTOS AND FRANCISCO MARTIN HUERTA-MARTINEZ, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(3):494498, 2008 |
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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