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Quercus tuitensis

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Quercus tuitensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. tuitensis
Binomial name
Quercus tuitensis

Quercus tuitensis is a species of oak. It is endemic to the Sierra el Tuito of Jalisco state in western Mexico.

Description

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Quercus tuitensis is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree, growing 8 to 10 meters high, and occasionally to 15 meters high. Its trunk grows to 25-30 cm in diameter, and occasionally up to 60 cm.[1]

Range and habitat

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Quercus tuitensis is known only from the Sierra el Tuito mountains in Talpa de Allende municipality, southeast of Puerto Vallarta.[1]

Its habitat is open, and generally drier, oak or oak–pine forests from 980 to 1400 meters elevation, above the lower-elevation tropical dry subdeciduous forests. It is found in seasonally-humid canyons (barrancas), typically on deep well-drained granitic and ferruginous soils.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Beckman, E., Jerome, D. & Carrero, C. 2020. Quercus tuitensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T194241A2305700. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T194241A2305700.en. Accessed 22 February 2023.