Quercus laeta

Quercus laeta is an oak species in the white oak section, Quercus section Quercus, in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sinaloa and Nuevo León south as far as Oaxaca.^[3][4]

Quercus laeta
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. laeta
Binomial name
Quercus laeta Liebm.
Synonyms[2]
List Quercus centralis Trel. Quercus clivicola Trel. & C.H.Müll. Quercus obscura Trel. Quercus pallescens Trel. Quercus prinopsis Trel. Quercus transmontana Trel.

Description

Quercus laeta is a tree up to 10 metres (33 feet) tall with a trunk up to 40 centimetres (16 inches) in diameter. The leaves are dark green, thick and leathery, up to 40 cm long with a few shallow teeth along the edges.^[3]