Quercus verde C.H.Mull.

Mexico (Nuevo Leon) ; 2100-2500 m;

small tree, sometimes less than 3 metres tall; gnarled branches;

oboval or oblong; deciduous; apex obtuse, mucronate; base cordate; margin entire or with few teeth near apex, slightly revolute, sometimes crisped; shiny above with scattered stellate hairs; paler beneath with greyish stellate hairs; 8-9 vein pairs, anastomosed, prominent beneath; petiole ca 5-9 mm long, densely stellate pubescent;

male catkins 2.5-3.5 cm long, lax, stellate hairy; anthers hairless weakly exerted; female inflorescence 1-2.5 cm long, 2-4 flowered;

acorn maturing the first year;

not (or weakly) hardy;

– A. Camus : n° 205 ; – Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus; sub-section Glaucoideae;