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OP Thanks for the information. In New Mexico, there is only scrub oak, that I have seen, no white oaks. But there probably are or were white oaks in Andalusia, Spain. When the Conquistadores who were sponsored by the Andalusian Duque de Alburquerque came, they dutifully named their outpost below the scrub oaks of the Sandia mountains after their sponsor, La Ciudad del Duque de Alburquerque. A year or so ago, the current Duque came from Spain to visit our little outpost. I think he got the key to the city, but no land titles.
As for the Topes, everyone I know thinks the name is ridiculous.
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