''Quercus corrugata'' is a species of

oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...

found in Central America and Mexico.

Description

''Quercus corrugata'' is a large

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, a ...

tree, growing up to 60 meters tall. It has long straight trunk which can reach 2.5 meters in diameter.''Quercus corrugata''
''Oaks of the World''. Accessed 1 March 2023. It has very large acorns, which are produced in large quantities during episodic mast-seeding events.

Range and habitat

''Quercus corrugata'' ranges from southern Mexico through Central America to western Panama. In Mexico it is found in the southern

Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that ...

of Hidalgo, Veracruz, and Puebla states through the

Sierra Madre de Oaxaca The Sierra Madre de Oaxaca is a mountain range in southern Mexico. It is primarily in the state of Oaxaca, and extends north into the states of Puebla and Veracruz. Geography The mountain range begins at Pico de Orizaba, and extends in a southeas ...

Sierra de los Tuxtlas The Sierra de Los Tuxtlas (Tuxtlas Mountains) are a volcanic belt and mountain range along the southeastern Veracruz Gulf coast in Eastern Mexico. The Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve (Biósfera Los Tuxtlas) includes the coastal and higher elevation ...

, Chiapas Highlands, and

Sierra Madre de Chiapas The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is a major mountain range in Central America. It crosses El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Honduras. The Sierra Madre de Chiapas is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges that consists of an alm ...

. In Central America it is found in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas of Guatemala and El Salvador, the

Guatemalan Highlands The Guatemalan Highlands is an upland region in southern Guatemala, lying between the Sierra Madre de Chiapas to the south and the Petén lowlands to the north. Description The highlands are made up of a series of high valleys enclosed by moun ...

, the

Maya Mountains The Maya Mountains are a mountain range located in Belize and eastern Guatemala, in Central America. Etymology The Maya Mountains were known as the ''Cockscomb'' or ''Coxcomb Mountains'' to Baymen and later Belizeans at least until the mid-2 ...

of Belize, the Chortis Highlands of Honduras and Nicaragua, and the

Cordillera de Talamanca The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies in the southeast half of Costa Rica and the far west of Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two ...

of Costa Rica and western Panama. It inhabits humid montane

cloud forest A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud ...

s between 700 and 2,200 meters elevation.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q7271337 corrugata Oaks of Mexico Trees of Central America Cloud forest flora of Mexico Flora of the Central American pine–oak forests Flora of the Central American montane forests Flora of the Chiapas Highlands Flora of Los Tuxtlas Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Sierra Madre de Chiapas Flora of the Talamancan montane forests Plants described in 1842