Quercus pringlei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. pringlei
Binomial name
Quercus pringlei
Seemen ex Loes.
Synonyms[2]
  • Quercus filiformis C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus pringlei f. dentata C.H.Mull.

Quercus pringlei is a species of oak native to northeastern Mexico.[2]

Description

Quercus pringlei is a shrub or small tree, which generally grows from .5 or 1 to 4 meters tall, and occasionally up to 10 meters tall.[1]

Range and habitat

Quercus pringlei is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental and the isolated mountain ranges of the southern Mexican Plateau, from 1,500 to 2,400 meters elevation, in the states of Coahuila, Durango, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas.[1]

It is found in submontane scrub, which can range from sparse to dense, and into montane oak and pine–oak forest at higher elevations. It is commonly found with the oaks Quercus intricata, Quercus invaginata, and Quercus pungens, and with Pinus cembroides, Juniperus saltillensis, Juniperus pinchotii, Quercus intricata, and Quercus striatula.[1]

When its native forests are degraded by deforestation, fire, and/or overgrazing, it is often replaced by sparse or dense chaparral, with Q. striatula, Agave gentryi, Piptochaetium fimbriatum, and other plants characteristic of lower-elevation xerophilous scrub communities.[1]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Jerome, D. (2018). "Quercus pringlei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T78971334A78971337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T78971334A78971337.en. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  2. 1 2 Quercus pringlei Seemen ex Loes. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 25 February 2023.
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