| Quercus glabrescens | |
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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. glabrescens |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus glabrescens | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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Quercus glabrescens is a species of oak. It is endemic to the mountains of east-central Mexico.
It is a tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall with thick leathery leaves up to 11 centimetres (4+1⁄4 inches) long, elliptical or egg-shaped with a few wavy lobes along the edges. [3] It is placed in Quercus section Quercus. [4]
Quercus glabrescens is found in the southern Sierra Madre Oriental, eastern Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and Sierra Madre de Oaxaca ranges, in the states of Mexico, Hidalgo, Puebla, Querétaro, Tlaxcala, Veracruz, and Oaxaca. [3] [1] Few populations are found in the Sierra de Miahuatlán and Sierra Madre del Sur of southern and western Oaxaca. [1]
Quercus glabrescens is found mainly in mountain cloud forests, and sometimes in cold, humid conifer forests, from 2,270 to 3,000 meters elevation. It is often a dominant species where it is found, and is associated with oyamel ( Abies religiosa , Quercus affinis , Q. crassifolia , and Q. rugosa . [1]
Quercus glabrescens is locally abundant within its range. Despite some habitat loss from logging and clearing forests for pasture and farms, there no reports of decline, and the population trend is assumed to be relatively stable. The species' conservation status is Least Concern. [1]
Quercus lancifolia is a species of oak found in Central America and Mexico.
Podocarpus matudae is a species of conifer in the family Podocarpaceae. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
The Sierra Madre Oriental pine–oak forests are a Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of northeastern and Central Mexico, extending into the state of Texas in the United States.
Quercus benthamii is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae. It is native to the cloud forests of Central America and southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Quercus conzattii is an oak endemic to Mexico.
Quercus martinezii is a species of oak found in southwestern and central Mexico. It has been found in Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, and Oaxaca states. It is placed in Quercus section Quercus.
Quercus uxoris is an uncommon species of oak.
Quercus xalapensis, or xalapa oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group. It is native to the mountains of eastern and southern Mexico, as well as Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua in northern Central America.
The Sierra Madre del Sur pine–oak forests is a subtropical coniferous forest ecoregion in the Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range of southern Mexico.
Quercus castanea is a species of oak tree. It is widespread across much of Mexico, from Sonora to Chiapas, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.
Quercus elliptica is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.
Quercus urbani, also known as Quercus urbanii, is a species of oak. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sinaloa, Durango, and Zacatecas to Oaxaca.
Quercus insignis is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the white oak section, within the beech family. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America, from Veracruz to Panamá.
Quercus acherdophylla is a species of oak native to Mexico.
Quercus sapotifolia is a species of oak. It is native to southern and western Mexico as well as Central America. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Quercus affinis is a species of oak native only to Mexico, mostly to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests.
Quercus mulleri is a rare Mexican species of oak. It has been found only in a small area of the Sierra de Miahuatlán, a sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur in southern Oaxaca state.
Quercus nixoniana is an endangered species of oak tree native to southern Mexico. It is found in humid mountain forests of southwestern Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Guerrero, and Oaxaca.
Quercus paxtalensis is a species of oak endemic to Mexico.
Quercus segoviensis is a species of oak native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. It is commonly known as k’antulán.
