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Quercus conzattii

Quercus conzattii
Photo: Eugenio Padilla, CC BY-SA 4.0

Quercus conzattii is a Mexican oak in the beech and oak family, found only in the mountains of southern and central Mexico. It varies from a shrub to a small tree and is grown mainly in its native range rather than as a garden or houseplant.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water young plants regularly until established, then rely on seasonal rain; mature trees tolerate dry spells typical of its native highlands.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of rocky or shallow ground.
Temperature
Suited to montane subtropical conditions at 1,700 to 2,400 m; cold hardiness not well documented.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (SE. Puebla to Oaxaca)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus conzattii is an oak endemic to Mexico. It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.

Where it grows

Quercus conzattii has a disjunct distribution across the mountains of southern and central Mexico. It is common in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and eastern Sierra Madre del Sur of Oaxaca state. It is also found on the eastern slope of the southern Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Jalisco, eastern Nayarit, southern Durango, and extreme western Zacatecas states.

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 conzattii 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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