Quercus convallata

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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| image = Quercus Convallata.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author = Kenny, L. |author2 = Wenzell, K. |date = 2015 |title = Quercus convallata |volume = 2015 |page = e.T32870A2825891 |doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T32870A2825891.en |access-date = 28 August 2024}}

| display_parents = 3

| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

| taxon = Quercus convallata

| authority = Trel. (1924)

| synonyms =

• Quercus reticulata f. apus {{small|(Trel.) A.Camus (1935)}}
• Quercus reticulata f. inclusa {{small|(Trel.) A.Camus (1935)}}
• Quercus rhodophlebia f. apus {{small|Trel. (1924)}}
• Quercus rhodophlebia f. inclusa {{small|Trel. (1924)}}

| synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Quercus convallata Trel. |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:215723-2 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=28 August 2024}}

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Quercus convallata is a species of oak endemic to western Mexico. It is a large shrub or small tree which grows to 10 to 15 meters tall. It is native to the southern Sierra Madre Occidental of northern Jalisco, Nayarit, Zacatecas, and Durango states. It grows on rocky slopes in open and relatively dry oak and pine–oak forest from 2,000 to 2,500 meters elevation.

The species was first described by William Trelease in 1924. It is placed in section Quercus.{{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 }}