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Quercus crispipilis

Quercus crispipilis
Photo: Krzysztof Golik, CC BY-SA 4.0

Quercus crispipilis is a medium-sized oak tree from the cloud and highland oak forests of Chiapas, Mexico, and Guatemala, growing up to 27 m tall. It is a large forest tree rather than a garden plant, and it needs cool, humid conditions to thrive.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Full sun
Water
Water regularly while young and during dry spells, and avoid waterlogged soil.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic loam or forest-type soil.
Temperature
Cool to temperate highland conditions; tolerates light frost but suits climates with mild summers.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Mexico (Chiapas) to Guatemala
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus crispipilis is a species of oak native to Chiapas state in southern Mexico and to Guatemala.

It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.

Where it grows

Quercus crispipilis is generally found in cloud forests, and also in humid oak forests and oak–pine forests, between from 750 to 2,700 meters elevation. It is found in closed-canopy forests, and regenerates well in forest clearings and abandoned fields.

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 crispipilis 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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