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Quercus calophylla
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.
From the article Quercus calophylla on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
It is a deciduous tree growing 8 to 25 m (26 to 82 ft) tall with a trunk as much as 100 centimetres (39 inches) in diameter. The leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, up to 23.5 cm (9+1⁄4 in) long, egg-shaped with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.
Range & habitat
Quercus calophylla grows in wet montane forests, typically cloud forests but also humid oak forests and pine–oak forests, from 1,200 to 2,700 metres (3,900 to 8,900 feet). It prefers calcareous soils. Its range includes the Sierra Madre Occidental of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, and Nayarit states, the Sierra Madre Oriental of San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo, Puebla, and Veracruz, The Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt of Jalisco, Colima, Michoacán, Guanajuato, Mexico City, and Mexico State, the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Oaxaca, the Sierra Madre del Sur of Guerrero and Oaxaca, and the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Chiapas, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
Wikipedia: “Habitat and range”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 638309.