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 PotosÃ.
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(Text) CC BY-SA