''Quercus laurina'' is a species of

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. It is native primarily to Mexico (from

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) and has also been found in

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and

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.Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género ''Quercus'' (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593
in Spanish, with line drawings of each speciesLinares, J. L. 2003. Listado comentado de los árboles nativos y cultivados en la república de El Salvador. Ceiba 44(2): 105–268 ''Q. laurina'' is a tree up to tall with a trunk as much as or more in diameter. The

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are thick and leathery, up to long, elliptical sometimes with a few large teeth near the tip. The species forms hybrids with '' Quercus affinis''.

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photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1993
laurina Flora of Central America Plants described in 1809 Oaks of Mexico Trees of Northern America Cloud forest flora of Mexico Flora of the Sierra Madre Oriental Flora of the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca Flora of the Sierra Madre del Sur Flora of the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt Flora of Los Tuxtlas Taxa named by Aimé Bonpland {{Quercus-stub