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Quercus coccolobifolia

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Fagaceae

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Fagales

Genus
  
Quercus

Similar
  
Quercus viminea, Quercus toumeyi, Quercus carmenensis

Quercus coccolobifolia is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is native to northern Mexico, from Sonora south to Jalisco and east as far as San Luis Potosí.

Description

Quercus coccolobifolia is a short evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 70 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and rigid, up to 19 cm long, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes.

References

Quercus coccolobifolia Wikipedia