Trees of Cloudbridge

Quercus oocarpa (Roble, oak)

Description: [major features]

Natural history: [natural history and ecology features including relations with mammals, birds, insects, epiphytes and vines, other trees, growing conditions, seasonal changes, etc]

Distribution: [where found in general, in the Chirripo area, and on Cloudbridge}

How to recognize: [main features of shape, location, bark, leaves, flowers and fruit that help with eyeball recognition, and specific features that help to distinguish this tree from others]

Uses: [Whetherand how the wood is used, medicinal uses, role in farms and plantations, endangered status]

Sources and Links:
INBio description
SysTax
and others

Scientific Information:

Division: Magnoliophyta [example]

Class: Magnoliopsida [example]

Order: Rosales [example]

Family: Ulmaceae [example]

Species: Ulmus mexicana (Liebm.) Planch (alt. name Chaetoptelea mexicana) [example]

Photo Identification Guide: Ulmus mexicana (Tirrá, Mexican elm)

Leaves. Leaves are ...

Flowers. Flowers are ...

Fruit and Seeds. Fruits are

Trunk. The trunk is ...

Form. The shape of the tree ...

Saplings. Seedlings and saplings ...

Other. Twigs, etc ...

Notes/Notas: [this is a temporary section for unformatted information that will be used in one of the other sections and then deleted]
A sample of ten trees of Quercus oocarpa Liebm, growing in a natural stand, as studied in La Carpintera protecting zone, Cartago, Costa Rica from August 1993 to July 1994. Leafling, leaf fall, blooming and fruiting were recorded monthly for each tree. Climate conditions and water content of shoots and soil were also recorded. Leaf growth and development occur mainly during the dry season (February) and leaf fall is more frequent from January to March (beginning and middle dry season). These results suggest that phenological reactions depend on the interaction between decrease in rainfall and the presence of low temperatures in the late afternoon and night. Blooming is more intense during the dry season, with longer periods of daylight. Fruiting occurs mainly at the rainy season (60 to 90 days after the most intense period of blooming).

Lista de especimenes

Quírico Jiménez 1649
Det. by: Q. Jiménez, II 1995
Phenology: FR     	9 September 1994
08:55N 82:48W     1300 m
PUNTARENAS, COTO BRUS
Cordillera de Talamanca.
Arbolito de 4 m de regeneración de árbol
de 35 m x 1 m DAP, creciendo en borde de
bosque primario, con fuste blanco-
pardusco. Frutos abundantes en el suelo,
pardos.

Alvaro Fernández 1177
Det. by: Q. Jiménez, II 1995
Phenology: FR     	15 August 1993
09:49N 83:54W     1400 m
CARTAGO, CARTAGO
Valle del Reventazón.
Arbol de 18 m x 20 cm DAP. A orilla del
camino. Frutos con copa café ferrugíneo,
cápsula verde.

J.F. Morales 70
Det. by: J. F. Morales, VIII 1991
Phenology: FR     	20 July 1991
09:49N 84:05W     1600-1800 m
SAN JOSE, DESAMPARADOS
Fila Bustamante.
Arbol de 18 m. Frutos inmaduros verdes,
abundantes.

Víctor Ramírez 373
Det. by: J. F. Morales, III 1995
Phenology: FL     	29 March 1995
09:50N 84:06W     1800-1900 m
SAN JOSE, ASERRI
Cerros Escazú-La Carpintera.
Arbol de 20 m x 80 cm DAP.
Inflorescencia verde claro.

J.F. Morales 1596
Det. by: J. F. Morales, IX 1993
Phenology: FR     	12 August 1993
09:52N 84:05W     1550 m
SAN JOSE, ALAJUELITA Z.P. Cerros de Escazú
Cerros Escazú-La Carpintera.
Arbol de 12 m x 53 cm DAP. Frutos verde
claro, escazos.

Erick Bello 4107
Det. by: Q. Jiménez, VIII 1995
Phenology: FR     	15 November 1991
10:19N 84:49W     1400-1500 m
PUNTARENAS, PUNTARENAS R.B. Monteverde
Cordillera de Tilarán.
Arbol de 10 m x 25 cm DAP. Frutos verdes
y café, cáliz crema-café.

Gerardo Rivera 882
Det. by: G. Rivera, 1990
Phenology:      	18 November 1990
10:47N 85:15W     700 m
ALAJUELA, UPALA P.N. Rincón de la Vieja
Cordillera de Guanacaste.
Arbol de 50 m x 60 cm DAP.

Gerardo Herrera 2948
Det. by: B. Hammel, XI 1989
Phenology: FR     	27 May 1989
11:00N 85:25W     500 m
GUANACASTE, LA CRUZ P.N. Guanacaste
Cordillera de Guanacaste.
Arbol de 40 m x 100 cm DAP. Frutos
podridos recogidos del suelo.
Plántula recogida a la par del árbol.

Cloudbridge: Bridging a Costa Rican cloud forest

Division:	Magnoliophyta [example]
Class:	Magnoliopsida [example]
Order:	Rosales [example]
Family:	Ulmaceae [example]
Species:	Ulmus mexicana (Liebm.) Planch (alt. name Chaetoptelea mexicana) [example]