Quercus praeco

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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| status = LC| status_system = IUCN3.1

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

| species = praeco

| authority = Trel.

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Jerome, D. |date=2018 |title=Quercus praeco |volume=2018 |page=e.T34671A89250535 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T34671A89250535.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

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Quercus praeco is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It is native to the States of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46657#page/74/mode/1up McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contr. Univ. Michigan Herb. 12:70-71] in English with line drawing on page 70{{Tropicos|50004731|Quercus praeco|Trel.}}

Quercus praeco is a deciduous tree up to {{convert|7|m|abbr=off}} tall with a trunk as much as {{convert|50|cm|in|0|abbr=off}} in diameter. The leaves are up to {{cvt|14|cm|in|frac=4}} long, broadly egg-shaped, with shallow lobes or teeth along the edges. The upper side of the leaves is green, the underside yellowish because of many hairs.