Quercus cedrosensis

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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| image = Quercus cedrosensis 32616609.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kenny, L. |author2=Wenzell, K. |author3=Beckman, E. |date=2017 |title=Quercus cedrosensis |volume=2017 |page=e.T30727A2795402 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T30727A2795402.en |access-date=16 November 2021}}

| status2 = G2

| status2_system = TNC

| status2_ref = {{Cite web|date=2022|title=Quercus cedrosensis|url=https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.147634/Quercus_cedrosensis|access-date=29 January 2022|website=NatureServe Explorer|publisher=NatureServe|location=Arlington, Virginia}}

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Protobalanus

| species = cedrosensis

| authority = C.H.Mull.

| synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |id=kew-172043 |taxon=Quercus cedrosensis |authority=C.H.Mull.}}

| synonyms = * Quercus sedrosensis C.H.Mull.

}}

Quercus cedrosensis, the Cedros Island oak,{{PLANTS|id=QUCE2|taxon=Quercus cedrosensis|access-date=30 July 2015}} is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is placed in Quercus section Protobalanus.{{Cite web |last1=Denk |first1=Thomas |last2=Grimm |first2=Guido W. |last3=Manos |first3=Paul S. |last4=Deng |first4=Min |last5=Hipp |first5=Andrew L. |date=2017 |title=Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks |website=figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1 |access-date=2023-02-18 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }}

Quercus cedrosensis is native to Baja California state in northwestern Mexico, including Cedros Island. It has also been found in San Diego County, California.{{Calflora |id=8838}}

Quercus cedrosensis is vulnerable to habitat loss due to overgrazing by goats and overlogging.

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