Quercus laeta

Quercus laeta
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Section: Quercus
Species: Q. laeta
Binomial name
Quercus laeta
Liebm. 1854
Synonyms[1]

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.[2][3]

Description

Quercus laeta is a tree up to 10 meters tall with a trunk up to 40 cm in diameter. Leaves are dark green, thick and leathery, up to 40 cm long with a few shallow teeth along the edges.[2]

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