Quercus subspathulata

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Jerome, D. |date=2018 |title=Quercus subspathulata |volume=2018 |page=e.T32872A2825947 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T32872A2825947.en |access-date=15 November 2021}}

|genus = Quercus

|display_parents = 2

|parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

|species = subspathulata

|authority = Trel.

|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-175386 The Plant List, Quercus subspathulata Trel. ]

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

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Quercus subspathulata is a Mexican species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is native to western Mexico, found in the States of Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit, and Sinaloa.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/46657#page/89/mode/1up McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:85-86] in English, line drawing on page 86 It is placed in Quercus 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=2023-02-24 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }}

Quercus subspathulata is a small tree up to {{Convert|10|m|abbr=off}} tall with a trunk as much as {{Convert|40|cm|abbr=off}} in diameter. The leaves can be up to {{Convert|22|cm|abbr=on|frac=4}} long, and green on the top but whitish on the underside.Trelease, William. 1924. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences 20: 56