Quercus crassifolia Bonpl.

Leather leaf mexican oak (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Quercus

Characteristics

A shrub or small tree. It can grow 15 m tall. The shoots have many yellow hairs. The leaves are egg shaped and 20 cm long. There are 6-12 teeth on each side.
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Growth form tree
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Sexuality monoecy
Pollination anemogamy
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Mature height (meter) 12.5
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Environment

Cloud forests and pine-oak forests; at elevations from 600-3,000 metres. Moist to dry, mountain forest, often or usually associated with pines and often forming extensive forests; at elevations from 1,500-2,600 metres.
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It is a subtropical plant.
Light 7-9
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Soil acidity 2-8
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Hardiness (USDA) 10-10

Usage

Uses charcoal dye material medicinal timber wood
Edible barks nuts seeds shoots
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 120 - 365
Germination temperacture (C°) 10
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Images

Quercus crassifolia unspecified picture

Distribution

Quercus crassifolia world distribution map, present in Guatemala

Conservation status

Quercus crassifolia threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325835-2
WFO ID wfo-0000290335
COL ID 7942T
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Quercus chicamolensis Quercus errans Quercus miguelitensis Quercus mollis Quercus moreliana Quercus orbiculata Quercus stipularis Quercus brachystachys Quercus crassifolia Quercus felipensis Quercus crassifolia var. errans Quercus splendens var. pallidior Quercus spinulosa