Quercus tinkhamii

Quercus tinkhamii is a species of oak endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico.

Quercus tinkhamii
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. tinkhamii
Binomial name
Quercus tinkhamii C.H.Mull.

Description

Quercus tinkhamii is a shrubby oak.^[1]

Range and habitat

Quercus tinkhamii is native to the central Sierra Madre Oriental and some sky island ranges on the Mexican Plateau, in the states of Chihuahua, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.^[1]

Quercus tinkhamii grows in oak-pine forest and xerophilic scrubland above 1,400 meters elevation.^[1]