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|accepted_name=Quercus oblongifolia
|accepted_authority=Torrey in L. Sitgreaves
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=in L. Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni Colorado Rivers,
|place=173, plate 19. 1853
|year=1853
}}
|common_names=Sonoran blue oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
}}
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|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Quercus;Quercus oblongifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Quercus sect. Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus oblongifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> evergreen, to 10 m. <b>Bark</b> gray or whitish, closely furrowed. <b>Twigs</b> light brown, 1-1.5 mm diam., densely or sparsely stellate-tomentose, soon glabrate. <b>Buds</b> reddish brown, subspheric to broadly ovoid, 1-2 mm, glabrous or basal scales pubescent; stipules persistent about terminal buds. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 2-5(-8) mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade oblong to elliptic, occasionally lanceolate or ovate, (20-)30-60(-80) × (5-)10-25(-30) mm, base cuneate to cordate, margins entire, undulate, sometimes irregularly toothed especially toward apex, secondary veins 7-8(-10) on each side, branched, apex acute or broadly rounded; surfaces abaxially densely and loosely glandular-tomentose, quickly glabrate or persistently floccose, especially about base of midrib, at maturity strongly glaucous, adaxially dull pale green, bluish green, or glaucous, sparsely stellate-tomentose, quickly glabrate. <b>Acorns</b> solitary or paired, subsessile or on peduncle 4-12 mm; cup cup-shaped, about 6-8(-13) mm deep × 10-13 mm wide, enclosing ca. 1/3 nut, scales to 1-1.5 mm wide, moderately, regularly tuberculate near base of cup, gray-pubescent; nut light brown, ovoid or oblong, 12-17(-19) × (7-)10-12 mm, glabrate or puberulent about apex. <b>Cotyledons</b> connate.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering in spring.
|habitat=Common in high grasslands and midelevation woodlands, mesas, and canyons
|elevation=1300-1650 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California South;Sonora;Chihuahua;and Coahuila).
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus oblongifolia
|authority=Torrey in L. Sitgreaves
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering in spring.
|habitat=Common in high grasslands and midelevation woodlands, mesas, and canyons
|elevation=1300-1650 m
|distribution=Ariz.;N.Mex.;Tex.;Mexico (Baja California South;Sonora;Chihuahua;and Coahuila).
|reference=None
|publication title=in L. Sitgreaves, Rep. Exped. Zuni Colorado Rivers,
|publication year=1853
|special status=Illustrated
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|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Quercus
|species=Quercus oblongifolia
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