Quercus emoryi Torrey

Ref. LB04-0096, 08-0042A&B

Section : Lobatae

Conservation status : LC

USDA Hardiness Zone : 6

Common name / Nom vernaculaire :

Origin / Origine : N. America / Amérique du Nord

Link / Lien :

https://www.treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/quercus/quercus-emoryi/  

http://oaks.of.the.world.free.fr/quercus_emoryi.htm

Planting date / date de plantation : 27/10/2004, 13/10/2010

Height / Hauteur : 9.4m (2016)

La Bergerette Zone: MEX

Comments / Commentaires

If there is rain in droughty southwest USA, it falls largely in summer from enormous thunderstorms. Q. emoryi shows adaptation to this, and their acorns are already ripe by the summer, ready to germinate immediately after rain with rapid root extension to follow the moisture downwards as it recedes in the soil.

Q. emoryi is one of the few red oaks with edible acorns.