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Quercus deliquescens

Quercus deliquescens is a tree oak in the beech and oak family, native to Chihuahua in northern Mexico. It is known from a single population system and is listed as Vulnerable, so it is rarely grown outside its native range.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established, allowing the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, gritty soil; tolerates poor, alkaline soils.
Temperature
Tolerates warm, dry summers and moderate winter cold; protect from hard frost in young plants.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Mexico (Chihuahua)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus deliquescens is a species of oak tree in the family Fagaceae, native to northeast Mexico. It is placed in section Quercus.

Where it grows

The tree is endemic to Chihuahua state of Mexico.

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 deliquescens 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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