Quercus candicans

Quercus candicans
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. candicans
Binomial name
Quercus candicans
Née 1801
Synonyms[1]

Quercus candicans is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico (Chihuahua, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico City, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz) and Guatemala. It grows from 1,200 to 2,700 m of altitude in wet montane forests, preferring calcareous soils.[2][3][4][5]

Quercus candicans is a deciduous tree 8 to 25 meters tall[5]with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, up to 235 mm long, egg-shaped with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.[2]

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