Quercus alpescens

Quercus alpescens is a species of oak endemic to northeastern Mexico.^[2]

Quercus alpescens
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:	Q. alpescens
Binomial name
Quercus alpescens Trel.

Description

Quercus alpescens is a large shrub, which grows from one to three meters tall.^[1]

Range and habitat

Quercus alpescens is known from a few locations in the Sierra Madre Oriental and isolated ranges on the Mexican Plateau east of the Sierra, including Mount Kankandó in Hidalgo state, Cerro Temeroso in Zacatecas, and Cerro Potosí in Nuevo León.^[1] It generally grows at high-elevations, up to 3,200 meters. On Cerro Potosí it generally grows on limestone-derived soils.^[1]