Quercus crispifolia

Quercus crispifolia is a species of oak tree. It is native to southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador.^[2] It is placed in section Lobatae.^[3]

Quercus crispifolia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (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. Lobatae
Species:	Q. crispifolia
Binomial name
Quercus crispifolia Trel.
Synonyms[2]
Quercus amphioxys Trel. Quercus incrassata Trel.

Range and habitat

Quercus crispifolia is native to Guerrero, Oaxaca, and Chiapas states of southern Mexico, where it lives in the Sierra Madre del Sur and Chiapas Highlands, and in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Chiapas, Guatemala, and El Salvador. It has an estimated area of occupancy (AOO) of 104 km².^[1]

Quercus crispifolia is native to low montane rain forests from 900 to 2,700 meters elevation.^[1]

Much of the species' montane forest habitat has been replaced with coffee plantations. A population is conserved within El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve.^[1]