Quercus sp. [Lost oak of the Pecos] Mahonia prickly pear with blue-green pads

prickly pear with blue-green pads

gargantuan size of 20 ft or more with the typical leaves of V

well-watered soil preferably

Hurray for this nearly spineless

to 20" tall

Quercus sp. [Lost oak of the Pecos] Mahonia prickly pear with blue-green padsWe first saw this plant about about 30 years ago at the confluence of the Pecos and the Rio Grande rivers. This tree along with Pistacia texana were most exciting to see. Native to only a couple spots in Texas and adjacent Cohuila and clearly allied with Q. canbyi. A most attractive smaller oak to an eventual 30ft. or more with rather glossy, shallowly lobed leaves about 3" by 1" wide and silvery bark. The trees in our garden planted in 04' are now