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Quercus humboldtii

Quercus humboldtii
Photo: Petruss, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Native range
S. Panama to Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Quercus humboldtii, commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panama. It is named for Alexander von Humboldt.

Where it grows

It grows in the mountains with an elevational range from 1,000 to 3,200 m (3,300 to 10,500 ft). It is found on all three Colombian Andean mountain ranges and some lowland inter-Andean regions, and in the Serranía del Darién on the border between Panama and Colombia.

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 humboldtii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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