Quercus muehlenbergii
Yellow oak (Quercus muehlenbergii )
The Yellow oak (Quercus muehlenbergii ) is a medium sized tree from the kind of oak trees in the family of book -like. The distribution area is located in North America.
Description
The Yellow Oak is a rare 20 to 45 meters tall with a high-arched crown. The bark is light gray-brown and splits into thin, flat scales. Young shoots are hairy. The leaves are 5-15 cm long and 4-8 cm wide, oblong, obovate or lanceolate, acute or acuminate with wide wedge-shaped or rounded base. The leaf blade on each side 8 to 13 knorpelspitzige cloth. There shall be 10 to 14 pair of nerves. The upper leaf surface is more or less green, the underside white tomentose. The petiole is 2-4 inches long. The fruits are 1.5 to 2 inches long, ovate, nearly sessile and half surrounded by a hemispherical, scaly fruit cups. The scales are thin and pressed, the pointed top. The acorns grow individually. The chromosome number is.
Leaves and fruits
Fruits
Distribution and ecology
The range extends from Ontario in Canada on the east and the center of the United States to northern and southern Mexico. The species grows in 0-2300 meters high in biodiversity-rich forests on nutrient-rich, moderately dry to moderately moist, slightly acidic to alkaline soil in full sun to light shade locations. The species is thermophilic and usually frost hardy. She avoids sandy and clay soils, but often occurs in cities.
Systematics and history of research
The Yellow oak (Quercus muehlenbergii ) is a species in the genus of oaks (Quercus ) in the beech family ( Fagaceae ). The first description was in 1877 by George Engelmann in the Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis.
Use
The Yellow oak is used very rarely economically.