Quercus incana Bartram

SE USA (Louisiana, Texas) ; to 250m;

6 m tall; sometimes in dense thickets; trunk narrow (nearly 12-25 cm in diameter);

5-10 x 1.2-2.5 cm; narrowly oboval to elliptic; leathery, thick; apex rounded with short tooth; base rounded or attenuate; entire; shiny blue green above; grey green tomentose beneath; leaves on young twigs or on suckers often have toothed margin; petiole tomentose 2-8 cm long;

acorn globose 1.5 cm in diameter; striate; sessile; brown; apex hairy; cup deep, enclosing 1/3 to 1/2 of nut, with pale tomentose scales; maturing in 2 years;

not quite hardy (withstands -15°C); prefers dry, sandy soils; slow-growing;

– A.Camus : n° 412; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; – Hybrids with : Q.falcata (= Q.x subintegra ), Q.laurifolia (= Q.x atlantica ), Q.laevis (= Q.x asheana ), Q.marilandica (= Q.x cravenensis ), Q.nigra (= Q.x caduca ), Q.velutina (= Q.x podophylla ) ;