| Quercus saltillensis | |
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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. Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. saltillensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus saltillensis | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
Quercus carnerosanaTrel. | |
Quercus saltillensis is a species of oak. It is native to northeastern Mexico. [2] [1] It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae. [3]
Quercus saltillensis is a shrub or small tree, growing from one to five meters tall. [1]
Quercus saltillensis is native to the mountains of northeastern Mexico in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, and Zacatecas. It is found in the northern Sierra Madre Oriental of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, and Coahuila, and in several ranges which rise from the Mexican Plateau east of the Sierra Madre Oriental, including the sierras de Arteaga, la Concordia, Parras, Carneros, Zapalinamé, and la Paila in Coahuila, the Sierra de Astillero in Zacatecas, and El Águila hill in San Luis Potosí. [1]
Quercus saltillensis is found in mountain forests and shrublands between 1,900 and 2,400 meters elevation, in pine-oak and oak forests and in the transition between pine-oak and fir forest. It is associated with Pinus cembroides, P. pseudostrobus , Pseudotsuga menziesii var. lindleyana, Cupressus arizonica, Quercus hintoniorum, Q. mexicana, Q. greggii, Q. laeta, Q. striatula, Juniperus flaccida, J. pinchotii, Prunus serotina, Ceanothus buxifolius, Juglans microcarpa , and Arctostaphylos pungens . On southern and southeastern slopes it can be found with some species of the Agavaceae family. At the edges of pine–oak and fir forests and on drier slopes it grows as a shrub, while in humid areas it can grow into a small tree. [1]
The Sierra Madre Oriental is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that form the western "backbone" of North America, Central America, South America, and Antarctica.
The Madrean pine–oak woodlands are subtropical woodlands found in the mountains of Mexico and the southwestern United States. They are a biogeographic region of the tropical and subtropical coniferous forests and temperate broadleaf and mixed forests biomes, located in North America.
El Coahuilón is a mountain located in the municipalities of Arteaga; Coahuila and Rayones; Nuevo León, Mexico; to the northeast of the town Mesa de las Tablas. The mountain is part of the Sierra Madre Oriental. Its altitude is 3,575 meters above sea level, it is the third highest mountain in Coahuila, after Cerro de la Viga and Sierra de la Marta.
The Sierra Madre Occidental pine–oak forests are a Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion of the Sierra Madre Occidental range from the southwest USA region to the western part of Mexico. They are home to a large number of endemic plants and important habitat for wildlife.
Abies vejarii is a species of fir native to northeastern Mexico, in the states of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas, where it grows at high altitudes in the Sierra Madre Oriental.
Juniperus saltillensis is a species of conifer in the family Cupressaceae.
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 conzattii is an oak endemic to Mexico. It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.
Quercus germana, the Mexican royal oak, is a species of oak tree in the family Fagaceae. It is native to mountain cloud forests in eastern Mexico. It is placed in section Quercus.
Quercus rysophylla, the loquat leaf oak, is a Mexican species of oak in the red oak section. It is native to the Sierra Madre Oriental in the States of Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Veracruz, and Hidalgo in northeastern Mexico.
Quercus polymorpha, the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States but widely planted as an ornamental.
Quercus repanda is a species of oak endemic to the mountains of central Mexico.
Quercus affinis is a species of oak native only to Mexico, mostly to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests.
Quercus jonesii is a species of oak tree native to Mexico. It is commonly known as palo manzano. It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.
Quercus striatula is a species of oak native to Mexico.
Quercus pinnativenulosa is a species of oak endemic to Mexico.
Quercus furfuracea is a species of oak native to eastern Mexico.
Quercus flocculenta is an endangered species of oak in the family Fagaceae, native to northeastern Mexico. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Nuevo León state.
Quercus pringlei is a species of oak native to northeastern Mexico.
Quercus tinkhamii is a species of oak endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico.
