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Quercus segoviensis
Quercus segoviensis is a species of oak (k'antulán) native to the mountains of southern Mexico and northern Central America, grown as a small to medium tree in its natural highland forests. It is not a houseplant or typical garden plant; care notes below describe the tree in general terms.
Quercus segoviensis is a species of oak native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. It is a tree commonly known as k’antulán.
Quercus segoviensis is native to the mountains of southern Mexico and northern Central America. Its range includes the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca and eastern Sierra Madre del Sur of Mexico's Oaxaca state, the Chiapas Highlands of central Chiapas, the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Chiapas and Guatemala, the Guatemalan Highlands, and the Chortis Highlands of El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua, including Honduras' Montaña de Comayagua National Park.
The tree produces a hard timber which is used for poles, fences, houses, tool handles, and for firewood.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus segoviensis 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.
