Quercus deserticola

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Quercus deserticola
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Q. deserticola
Binomial name
Quercus deserticola
Trel. 1924
Synonyms[1]
  • Quercus alveolata Trel.
  • Quercus bipedalis Trel.
  • Quercus tamiapensis C.H.Mull.
  • Quercus texcocana Trel.

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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.[2][3]

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.[3]

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