Quercus tinkhamii

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Carrero, C. 2020. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/194240/2305658 Quercus tinkhamii]. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T194240A2305658. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T194240A2305658.en. Accessed 2 March 2023.

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

| species = tinkhamii

| authority = C.H.Mull.

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Quercus tinkhamii is a species of oak endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of eastern Mexico.

Description

Quercus tinkhamii is a shrubby oak.

Range and habitat

Quercus tinkhamii is native to the central Sierra Madre Oriental and some sky island ranges on the Mexican Plateau, in the states of Chihuahua, Hidalgo, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, and Tamaulipas.

Quercus tinkhamii grows in oak-pine forest and xerophilic scrubland above 1,400 meters elevation.

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