Quercus deserticola

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.^[3][4]

Quercus deserticola
Conservation status
Least Concern  (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. deserticola
Binomial name
Quercus deserticola Trel.
Synonyms[2]
Quercus alveolata Trel. Quercus bipedalis Trel. Quercus tamiapensis C.H.Mull. Quercus texcocana Trel.

Description

Quercus deserticola is a shrub or small tree sometimes as much as 7 metres (23 feet) in height, with gray bark. The twigs are yellow-green and densely hairy. The leaves are oblong, hairy, semi-leathery, up to 85 millimetres (3+1⁄4 inches) long, sometimes toothless but other times with 2–5 teeth on either side, the teeth sometimes arranged asymmetrically.^[4]