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 Quercus virginiana' Mill. Live Oak. 



QUERCUS VIRENS Ait. 

 RANGE. — From Virginia (shores of "Mob jack Bay), on islands and near the coast, to 

 and through southern Florida (Biscayne Bay) and along the Gulf roast (from Cape 

 Romano) to western Texas (mouth of Kio Grande River and inland to the Red River 

 and Apache and Guadalupe mountains); Lower California (Mi rati ores), southern 

 Mexico, Central America, and Cuba. 



Names in use. — Live Oak (Va., N. C, S. G., Ga., Fla., Ala., Miss., 

 La., Tex., Cal.); Chcne Vert (La.). 



Quercus emoryi Ton. Emory Oak. 



Range. — Mountains of western Texas and of New Mexico and Arizona south of 

 the Colorado plateau; Mexico (mountains of Nuevo Leon, Chihuahua, and Sonera). 

 NAMES in use. — Emory's Oak (Cal.); Black Oak (Ariz., N. Mex.). 



Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. Canyon Live Oak. 



Range. — From southern Oregon (Cow Creek Valley) through California (coast 

 ranges, western slopes Sierra Nevada, San Bernardino, San Jacinto, and Cuyamaca 

 mountains) to Lower California (Mount San Pedro Martir); (and mountain sum- 

 mits) southern Arizona and New Mexico; Mexico (northern Sonora). 



Names in use. — Live Oak (Cal., Oreg.); Maul Oak (Cal.); Iron Oak 

 (Cal.); Valparaiso Oak (Cal.); Black Live Oak (Cal.); Canyon Live 

 Oak (Cal.), Canyon Oak (Cal.); Golden-cup Oak (Cal.); Hickory Oak 

 (Kern County, Cal.). 



Quercus chrysolepis palmeri Engelm* Palmer Oak. 



Kaxge. — Boundary between California and Lower California. 



Quercus chrysolepis vaccinifolia(Kell.) Engelm. Huckleberry Oak. 



Range. — California (highest elevations Sierra Nevada). 



Quercus tomentella Engelm. 



Range. — Santa Rosa. Santa Cruz (south of Santa Barbara), Santa Cat alina Islands, 

 south of Cape Vincent, off coast of California; Guadalupe Islands, off coast of 

 Lower California. 



Quercus agrifolia Nee. California Live Oak. 



Range. — From northern California (Mendocino County and along the coast ranges 

 and islands) to Lower California (Mount San Pedro Martir). 



Names in use. — Coast Live Oak (Cal.); California Live Oak (Cal.); 

 Encina (Cal.); Evergreen Oak (Cal.) 



Quercus hypoleuca Engelm. Whiteleaf Oak. 



Range. — From western Texas (Limpio Mountains) over mountains of New Mexico 

 ami Arizona, south of the Colorado Plateau; Mexico (northern Chihuahua and 

 Sonora). 



Names in use. — Oak (Ariz.); Mexican Oak; White leaved Oak. 



'Dr. J. K. Small has recently described the following species as new. I have not 

 seen specimens ol it, but it, appears to be very closely related to Quercus virginiana. 



Quercus f/eminata Small (Bull Torr. Bot. Club, vol. 24, p. 438, 18 ( J7). A shrub or 

 small tree 6 to 15 feet high. '' Leaves narrowly oblong, elliptic, or oblong-oblance- 

 olate, 3-6 cm long, entire, obtuse or apiculate, strongly revolnte, mostly gradually 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous and parchment-like above, linely tomentose and con- 

 spicuously rugose on the prominent nerves beneath * ; acorns, usually 2 at the 

 end of a peduncle * * *; cups turbinate * * *." Florida (saudy soil). 



