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gray oak

Quercus grisea

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) cypselurus, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Mexico.

United States	2,619
New Mexico	1,116
Texas	1,103
Arizona	714
Mexico	162
Chihuahua	32
Aguascalientes	30
Durango	23
Colorado	22
San Luis Potosi	18

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Material useListed as being used for materials such as wood, fiber, resin, gum, or oil.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
Tree growth formListed by a harvested source as having a tree growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Shrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a shrub or bush growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Perennial plantListed by a harvested source as having a perennial life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Family	beech family · Fagaceae
Genus	oaks · Quercus

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species (CC BY 4.0)
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
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