Kingdom Plantae Family Fagaceae Section Quercus | Order Fagales Genus Quercus Rank Species | |
Similar Quercus carmenensis, Quercus boyntonii, Quercus ajoensis, Quercus hinckleyi | ||
Quercus deserticola is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It grows in central Mexico in the States of Guanajuato, México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Puebla, and Michoacán.
Description
Quercus deserticola is a shrub or small tree sometimes as much as 7 meters (23 feet) in height, with gray bark. Twigs are yellow-green, densely hairy. Leaves are oblong, hairy, semi-leathery, up to 85 mm (3.4 inches) long, sometimes toothless but other times with 2-5 teeth on either side, the teeth sometimes arranged asymmetrically.
References
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