Quercus ilicifolia
Busch- oak (Quercus ilicifolia )
The Busch- oak (Quercus ilicifolia ) is a small tree or shrub of the genus of oaks in the family of book -like. The distribution area is located in the northern and southeastern United States and Canada.
Description
The Busch- Oak is a 3 to 7 meters high, saving Riger tree or shrub with a rounded crown. The bark is thin and breaks the age in small fields, the inner bark is pink. Young shoots are densely coated light gray, verkahlen later and are dark brown. The leaves are 5-12 cm long and 3-9 cm wide, obovate to elliptic, obtuse with attached top and wide wedge base. The leaf blade has on both sides of three to seven flat, triangular flaps with a short awn. There shall be two to three protruding on both sides of leaf pairs of nerves. The upper leaf surface is glossy dark green, the underside densely hairy white gray tomentose. The stem is 0.6 to 1.5 inches long. The leaves turn yellow in autumn to reddish brown. The fruits are about 1 inch long, globose - ovoid, short-stalked and surrounded half of a cup-shaped cupule. The fruits ripen in the second year. The chromosome number is.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area is in Ontario in Canada and in the north east and southeast of the United States. It grows in 0 to 1500 meters above sea level in species-poor forests on moderately dry to moderately moist, acidic to neutral, sandy soils in sunny locations. The species is thermophilic and usually frost hardy.
Systematics and history of research
The Busch- oak (Quercus ilicifolia ) is a species in the genus of oaks (Quercus ) in the beech family ( Fagaceae ). The first description was in 1787 by Friedrich von Wangenheim in Beytrag to teutschen wood equitable forestry, planting Nordamericanischer wood species, with application to teutsche Forests, concerning.
The species forms with Quercus coccinea, Quercus falcata, Quercus imbricaria, Quercus marilandica, Quercus phellos, Quercus rubra and Quercus velutina hybrids.
Use
The species is very rarely used as an ornamental tree because of its autumn colors. The Iroquois attributed their healing effect to gynecological problems.