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Quercus acutifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fagaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fagales

Genus
  
Quercus

Similar
  
Quercus ajoensis, Quercus candicans, Quercus glaucoides, Quercus carmenensis

Quercus acutifolia is a Mexican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala.

Quercus acutifolia is a deciduous tree up to 12 meters tall with a trunk as much as 30 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, narrowly elliptical, up to 16 cm long, dark green on the top and lighter green underneath, with 8–14 bristly teeth on each side.It retains it's leaves until winter and can withstand about minus 10° C.

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Quercus acutifolia Wikipedia