Quercus cualensis

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Wenzell, K., Kenny, L., Beckman, E. & Jerome, D. 2020. Quercus cualensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T194105A2299318. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T194105A2299318.en. Accessed 22 February 2023.

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Lobatae

| species = cualensis

| authority = L.M.González{{IPNI |access-date=2018-09-01}}

}}

Quercus cualensis is a rare species of oak. It has been found only in a small region in the State of Jalisco in western Mexico, in the Sierra el Cuale mountains south of Puerto Vallarta.{{EOL|1148901|Quercus cualensis}}[https://www.academia.edu/7094010/Two_new_species_of_oak_Fagaceae_Quercus_sect._Lobatae_from_the_Sierra_Madre_del_Sur_Mexico González Villarreal, Luz María. 2003. Brittonia 55(1): 49-60] includes line drawings and distribution map

==Description==

Quercus cualensis is an evergreen tree up to {{Convert|15|m|abbr=off}} tall, with a trunk as much as {{Convert|30|cm|abbr=off}} in diameter. The leaves are thin, flat, and hairless, narrowly lance-shaped, up to 15 cm long.