Quercus obtusata

Quercus obtusata is an oak in the white oak group (Quercus sect. Quercus) endemic to Mexico, with a distribution ranging from San Luis Potosí and Nayarit south to Oaxaca. It is native to the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, and Sierra Madre del Sur, where it grows in oak forest, pine–oak forest, and the transition to dry shrubland from 1,240 to 2,630 metres elevation. It is often associated with Quercus crassipes, Q. crassifolia, Q. × dysophylla, Q. laeta, and Q. rugosa.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Quercus obtusata being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Quercus peduncularis
• Quercus laeta
• Quercus convallata
• Quercus segoviensis
• Quercus deserticola
• Quercus crassifolia

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Fagales

Family

Fagaceae

Genus

Quercus

Species

Quercus obtusata

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