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Quercus coahuilensis

Quercus coahuilensis is a small oak tree or shrub from the Mexican state of Coahuila, in the red oak group. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care guidance is limited and mostly based on general oak requirements.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained soil; tolerates lean or rocky ground.
Temperature
Hardy in warm subtropical to mild climates; protect young plants from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Coahuila, Chihuahua)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus coahuilensis is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is endemic to the Mexican state of Coahuila. It is placed in section Lobatae.

Other Quercus plants

Quercus acatenangensis · Mapleleaf oak · Quercus acherdophylla · Quercus acrodonta · Quercus aculcingensis · Red Wood Evergreen Oak · Quercus acutangula · Quercus acutifolia · Sawtooth oak · Quercus aerea · African Oak · Quercus affinis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus coahuilensis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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