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The genus ''Quercus'' contains about 500 species, some of which are listed here. The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is
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Cyclobalanopsis An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ...
'', the ring-cupped oaks, and ''Quercus'', which included all the other sections. However, a comprehensive revision in 2017 identified different relationships. Now the genus is commonly divided into a subgenus ''Quercus'' and a sugenus ''Cerris'', with ''Cyclobalanopsis'' included in the latter. The sections of subgenus ''Quercus'' are mostly native to the
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, with the notable exception of the white oaks of sect. ''Quercus'' and the endemic
Quercus pontica ''Quercus pontica'', the Pontine oak or Armenian oak, is a species of endangered oak currently extant to the western Caucasus mountains of Georgia and northeastern Turkey where it grows at altitudes of . Description ''Quercus pontica'' is a deci ...
. In contrast, the sections of the subgenus ''Cerris'' are exclusively native to the
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Species with
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live oak Live oak or evergreen oak is any of a number of oaks in several different sections of the genus ''Quercus'' that share the characteristic of evergreen foliage. These oaks are not more closely related to each other than they are to other oaks. ...
s") are tagged '#'. Species in the genus have been recategorized between
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and evergreen on numerous occasions, although this does not necessarily mean that species in the two groups are closely related.


Subgenus ''Quercus''


Section ''Quercus''

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Quercus ajoensis ''Quercus ajoensis'' is an uncommon North American shrub with the common name Ajo Mountain shrub oak. It has been found in Arizona mountain ranges of the Colorado desert, and Arizona uplands of the Sonoran desert. ''Q. ajoensis'' integrates with ...
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Quercus alba An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
'' — white oak — eastern and central North America * ''
Quercus aliena ''Quercus aliena'', the galcham oak or oriental white oak, is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae, in the white oak section ''Quercus''. Description It is a deciduous tree growing to tall with a trunk up to in diameter with fissured gray ...
'' — Oriental white oak — eastern Asia * ''
Quercus ariifolia ''Quercus ariifolia'' is a species of oak native to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Mexico. Description ''Quercus ariifolia'' belongs to the ''Quercus rugosa'' group of species. The species of this group are characterized by obovate, occasionally b ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus arizonica ''Quercus arizonica'', the Arizona white oak, is a North American tree species in the Fagaceae, beech family. It is found in Arizona, New Mexico, western Texas, Sonora, Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa, and Durango. Description ...
'' — Arizona white oak — # southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico * ''
Quercus austrina ''Quercus austrina'', the bastard white oak or bluff oak, is an oak species that is endemic to the southeastern United States from Mississippi to the Carolinas, with a few isolated populations in Arkansas. ''Quercus austrina'' can grow to a hei ...
'' — bluff oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus × bebbiana ''Quercus'' × ''bebbiana'' (or ''Quercus bebbiana''), known as Bebb's oak, is a naturally occurring hybrid of white oak (''Quercus alba'') and burr oak (''Quercus macrocarpa''). It occurs where their ranges overlap in the eastern United States a ...
'' — Bebb's oak — northeastern North America * ''
Quercus berberidifolia ''Quercus berberidifolia'', the California scrub oak, is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section of ''Quercus''. It is a native of the scrubby hills of California, and is a common member of chaparral ecosystems. ...
'' — California shrub oak — # California * ''
Quercus bicolor ''Quercus bicolor'', the swamp white oak, is a North American species of medium-sized trees in the beech family. It is a common element of America's north central and northeastern mixed forests. It can survive in a variety of habitats. It forms ...
'' — swamp white oak — eastern and midwestern North America * ''
Quercus × bimundorum ''Quercus × bimundorum'' (or ''Quercus bimundorum''), known as two worlds oak, is a naturally occurring hybrid of white oak, ''Quercus alba'' (from the New World), and pedunculate oak, ''Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', commonly known as com ...
'' — two worlds oak * ''
Quercus boyntonii ''Quercus boyntonii'' is a rare North American species of oak in the beech family. At present, it is found only in Alabama, although historical records say that it formerly grew in Texas Texas (, ; Spanish language, Spanish: ''Texas'', ' ...
'' — Boynton's post oak — south central North America * ''
Quercus brandegeei ''Quercus brandegeei'' is a rare Mexican species of plant in the beech family, Fagaceae, in the oak genus ''Quercus'', series '' Virentes''. It has been found only in the southern part of the State of Baja California Sur in northwestern Mexico. ...
'' — Brandegee oak- Baja California Sur * ''
Quercus carmenensis ''Quercus carmenensis'', the Mexican oak, is a tree species native to Brewster County, Texas, and Coahuila, Mexico. It grows in pine-oak forests at elevations of . It is a deciduous species with gray bark and red twigs. The leaves A l ...
'' — Carmen oak — Coahuila and Texas * ''
Quercus chapmanii ''Quercus chapmanii'', commonly referred to as the Chapman oak, is a species of oak that grows in the southeastern United States. Description ''Quercus chapmanii'' is a shrub or small tree occasionally reaching a height of 6 meters (20 feet) but ...
'' — Chapman oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus chihuahuensis ''Quercus chihuahuensis'', the Chihuahua oak, is a species of oak in the beech family.Trelease, Memoirs of the National Academy of Science vol 20. 1924. It is native to the region from extreme western Texas west to Sonora, Mexico, and south to Za ...
'' — Chihuahua oak — northern Mexico and Texas * ''
Quercus cornelius-mulleri ''Quercus cornelius-mulleri'' is a North American species of oak known by the common name Muller oak, or Muller's oak. It was described to science in 1981 when it was segregated from the ''Quercus dumosa'' complex and found to warrant species sta ...
'' — Muller oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus conzattii ''Quercus conzattii'' is an oak endemic to Mexico. Description ''Quercus conzattii'' has a varied growth habit, growing as shrub from 1 to 4 meters high, or a small to medium-sized tree 3 from 10 meters high, and rarely to 17 meters. It is often ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus copeyensis ''Quercus copeyensis'' is a species of oak endemic to the Talamancan montane forests of Costa Rica and Panama. It is commonly called Panamanian oak. ''Quercus copeyensis'' is a large deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the ...
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Quercus dalechampii ''Quercus dalechampii'' is a European species of oak in the family Fagaceae. It is native to southeastern Europe: Bulgaria, Greece and the rest of the Balkan Peninsula, Italy, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic The Czech ...
'' — southeastern Europe * ''
Quercus depressipes ''Quercus depressipes'' (known as depressed oak and Davis Mountain oak) is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is found in North America, primarily Mexico and the United States. Description ''Quercus depressipes'' is a type of live oak ...
'' — Davis Mountain oak — northern Mexico and Texas * ''
Quercus deserticola ''Quercus deserticola'' is a Mexican species of oaks in the beech family. It grows in central Mexico in the States of Guanajuato, México, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Querétaro, Oaxaca, Sinaloa, Puebla, and Michoacán. Description ''Quercus deserti ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus diversifolia ''Quercus diversifolia'' is an uncommon North American species of oak native to Mexico. It has been found in the states of Nuevo León, Durango, México State, México, and Puebla. ''Quercus diversifolia'' is a shrub or small tree tall. The lea ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus douglasii ''Quercus douglasii'', known as blue oak, is a species of oak endemic to (and found only in) California, common in the Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It is California's most drought-tolerant deciduous oak, and is a dominan ...
'' — blue oak — California * ''
Quercus dumosa ''Quercus dumosa'' is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae, belonging to the white oak section of the oak genus (''Quercus''). This tree goes by the common names coastal sage scrub oak and Nuttall's scrub oak. Description ''Quercus dumosa' ...
'' — coastal shrub oak — # southern California, Baja California, Arizona * ''
Quercus durata ''Quercus durata'', commonly known as leather oak, is a species of oak endemic to California, common in the California Coast Ranges, Coast Ranges and the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The common name "leather oak" is derived from the leathery t ...
'' — Leather oak — # California * ''
Quercus edwardsiae ''Quercus edwardsiae'' is a species of oak endemic to northeastern Mexico. Description It is closely related to ''Quercus porphyrogenita''. Range and habitat ''Quercus edwardsiae'' is endemic to the Sierra de Lampazos of Nuevo León state of no ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus engelmannii ''Quercus engelmannii'', the Engelmann oak or Pasadena oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''), native to southern California and northwestern Baja California, Mexico. Description ''Quercus engelmannii'' ...
'' — Engelmann oak — # southern California, Baja California * ''
Quercus fabrei ''Quercus fabrei'', or Faber's oak, is a species of deciduous oak tree found in China (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, south Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan and Zhejiang provinces) as well as Hong Kong ...
'' — Faber's oak — central to southern China * ''
Quercus faginea ''Quercus faginea'', the Portuguese oak, is a species of oak native to the western Mediterranean region in the Iberian Peninsula. Similar trees in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa are usually included in this species, or sometimes treate ...
'' — Portuguese oak — # southwestern Europe * ''
Quercus fulva ''Quercus fulva'' is a Mexican species of oak tree. It is native to northern and western Mexico, found in Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, Chihuahua, and Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign Sta ...
'' — Mexico * †''
Quercus furuhjelmi ''Quercus furuhjelmi'' was a type of 'brown (or chestnut) oak' that lived in the Paleogene period. It is only known by its fossil remains, which have been found in Kazakhstan and Alaska. According to some authorities (Trelease, 1924), they wer ...
'' — Eocene to Miocene - Alaska, Kazhakstan * ''
Quercus fusiformis ''Quercus fusiformis'' (also often referred to as ''Q. virginiana'' var. ''fusiformis''), commonly known as escarpment live oak, plateau live oak, plateau oak, or Texas live oak, is an evergreen or nearly evergreen tree. Its native range inc ...
'' — Texas live oak or plateau live oak — # south central North America * ''
Quercus gambelii ''Quercus gambelii'', with the common name Gambel oak, is a deciduous small tree or large shrub that is widespread in the foothills and lower mountains of western North America. It is also regionally called scrub oak, oak brush, and white oak. ...
'' — Gambel oak — southwestern North America * ''
Quercus garryana ''Quercus garryana'' is an oak tree species of the Pacific Northwest, with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia. It is commonly known as the Oregon white oak or Oregon oak or, in Canada, the Garry oak. It ...
'' — Oregon white oak or Garry oak — western North America * ''
Quercus geminata ''Quercus geminata'', commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the coastal regions of the subtropical southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from southern Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and alo ...
'' — sand live oak — # southeastern United States * ''
Quercus glaucoides ''Quercus glaucoides'' is an oak species in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus'', found in and endemic to eastern, central and southern Mexico (Guanajuato, Guerrero, México State, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Michoacán, Oaxaca, Puebl ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus greggii ''Quercus greggi'', otherwise known as the Mexican oak, is a monoecious semi-evergreen oak that is adapted to survive in arid conditions. It is native to Mexico and commonly grow around north of the 24th parallel and spreads across multiple l ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus griffithii ''Quercus griffithii'', called paisang, is a species of oak native to the eastern Himalayas, Tibet, south-central and southeast China, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam. It is in the subgenus ''Quercus'', section ''Quercus''. Some autho ...
'' — southeast Asia * ''
Quercus grisea ''Quercus grisea'', commonly known as the gray oak, shin oak or scrub oak, is a North American species deciduous or evergreen shrub or medium-sized tree in the white oak group. It is native to the mountains of the southwestern United States and ...
'' — gray oak — # southwestern North America * '' Quercus hartwissiana'' — Strandzha oak — southeastern
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Quercus havardii ''Quercus havardii'' (common names include shinnery oak, shin oak and Havard oak) is a deciduous, low-growing, thicket-forming shrub that occupies some in the southern Great Plains of North America. Clones may reach hundreds to thousands of year ...
'' — Havard oak, shinnery oak, shin oak — south central North America * †''
Quercus hiholensis ''Quercus hiholensis'' is an extinct species of oak in the Fagaceae genus ''Quercus''. The species is known from Middle Miocene fossils found in Central Washington. Description ''Q. hiholensis'' acorns range in size from to with an umbo ...
'' — Miocene — # Washington State * ''
Quercus hinckleyi ''Quercus hinckleyi'', commonly called Hinckley oak, is a rare species in the white oak group (''Quercus'' Section ''Quercus''). It has a restricted range in the Chihuahuan Desert of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico ( Chihuahua ...
'' — Hinckley oak — # Texas, northwestern Mexico * ''
Quercus hondurensis ''Quercus elliptica'' is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.Honduras Honduras, officially the Republic of Honduras, is a country in Central America. The republic of Honduras is bordered to the west by Guatemala, to the southwest by El Salvador, to the southeast by Nicaragua, to the south by the Pacific Oce ...
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Quercus iberica ''Quercus iberica'', the Georgian oak, is a deciduous tree native to the Caucasus (including regions of coastal northeastern Turkey, Asia Minor and Iran).''Georgian State (Soviet) Encyclopedia.'' 1986. Book 10. p. 483. The Georgian oak is a ...
—'' Georgian oak — Caucasus an bordering regions * ''
Quercus infectoria ''Quercus infectoria'' or the Aleppo oak is a species of oak well known for producing galls (called manjakani in Malaysia, majuphal in India) that have been traditionally used for centuries in Asia medicinally while also used in softening leathe ...
'' — Aleppo oak, Cyprus oak — southern Europe, southwestern Asia ** ''
Quercus infectoria ''Quercus infectoria'' or the Aleppo oak is a species of oak well known for producing galls (called manjakani in Malaysia, majuphal in India) that have been traditionally used for centuries in Asia medicinally while also used in softening leathe ...
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''veneris'' (C.K. Schneider) Meikle, or ''Quercus boissieri'' Reut./Boissier oak — Mount Hermon, Golan Heights, and Jordan * ''
Quercus insignis ''Quercus insignis'' is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the white oak section, (''Quercus'' section ''Quercus'') within the beech family. It is native to southern Mexico and Central America, from Veracruz to Panamá. Description ''Quercus insi ...
'' — Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama * ''
Quercus intricata ''Quercus intricata'', common name dwarf oak, intricate oak or Coahuila scrub oak, is a plant species native to northern Mexico and western Texas. Description ''Quercus intricata'' is an evergreen shrub that reproduces vegetatively, producing la ...
'' — Coahuila scrub oak — # two isolated localities in west Texas, northern
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Quercus john-tuckeri ''Quercus john-tuckeri'' is a North American species of oak known by the common name Tucker oak, or Tucker's oak.Nixon, K. C. and C. H. Muller. (1994). New names in California oaks. Novon 4:4 391-93. It is endemic to California, where it grows in ...
'' — Tucker's oak — California * ''
Quercus laceyi ''Quercus laceyi'', the Lacey oak, is a small to medium-size deciduous oak tree which is native to northeastern Mexico (Coahuila and Nuevo León) and to the Texas Hill Country in central Texas in the United States. Description ''Quercus laceyi ...
'' — lacey oak — Edwards Plateau of Texas, northern Mexico * ''
Quercus laeta ''Quercus laeta'' is an oak species in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus'', in the beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sinaloa and Nuevo León south as far as Oaxaca. Description ''Quercus laeta'' is a ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus lanata ''Quercus lanata'', the woolly-leaved oak, is a species of ''Quercus'' native to southern and southeastern Asia, including India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, Indochina (Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand), and ...
'' — woolly-leaved oak — # Himalayas, southeast Asia * ''
Quercus lancifolia ''Quercus lancifolia'' is a species of oak found in Central America and Mexico.Quercus leucotrichophora ''Quercus leucotrichophora'' is a tree belonging to Family Fagaceae; commonly known as Banjh oak, Banj oak (Uttarakhand) and Ban oak (Himachal). In Nepal, it is known as ''Banjhi'', ''Rainj'', ''Khasarant'', ''Tikhe bhanjh'' in standard Nepali ...
'' — Banj oak, blackjack oak, grey oak — # Himalayas * ''
Quercus liebmannii ''Quercus liebmannii'' is a Mexican species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in the States of Oaxaca and Puebla Puebla ( en, colony, settlement), officially Free and Sovereign State of Puebla ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus lobata ''Quercus lobata'', commonly called the valley oak or roble, grows into the largest of California oaks. It is endemic to California, growing in interior valleys and foothills from Siskiyou County to San Diego County. Mature specimens may attain a ...
'' — valley oak or California white oak — California * ''
Quercus lusitanica ''Quercus lusitanica'', commonly known as gall oak, Lusitanian oak, or dyer's oak, is a species of oak native to Portugal, Spain ( Galicia and western Andalucia) and Morocco. ''Quercus lusitanica'' is the source of commercial nutgalls. These gall ...
'' — gall oak or Lusitanian oak — Iberia, North Africa * ''
Quercus lyrata ''Quercus lyrata'', the overcup oak, is an oak in the white oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''). The common name, overcup oak, refers to its acorns that are mostly enclosed within the acorn cup. It is native to lowland wetlands in the eas ...
'' — overcup oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus macrocarpa ''Quercus macrocarpa'', the bur oak or burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America. It is in the white oak section, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'', and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oa ...
'' — bur oak — eastern and central North America * ''
Quercus margarettae ''Quercus margarettae'', the sand post oak or dwarf post oak, is a North American species of oak in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern and south-central United States from Virginia to Florida and west as far as Texas and Oklahoma. ...
'' — sand post oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus magnoliifolia ''Quercus magnoliifolia'', also known as encino amarillo, encino avellano, encino bermejo, encino blanco, encino napis, encino prieto, and roble, is a Mexican species of oak. It is widespread along the Pacific Coast of Mexico from Sinaloa to Chia ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus martinezii ''Quercus martinezii'' is a species of oak found in southwestern and central Mexico. It has been found in Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, and Oaxaca states.
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus mohriana ''Quercus mohriana'', commonly known as the Mohr oak, shin oak or scrub oak, is a North American evergreen shrub or small tree in the white oak group and is native to the south-central United States and north-central Mexico. The species epith ...
'' — Mohr oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus montana ''Quercus montana'', the chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak group, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''. It is native to the eastern United States, where it is one of the most important ridgetop trees from southern Maine southwest to ...
'' — chestnut oak — eastern North America (= ''Quercus prinus'') * ''
Quercus michauxii ''Quercus michauxii'', the swamp chestnut oak, is a species of oak in the white oak section ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus'' in the beech family. It is native to bottomlands and wetlands in the southeastern and midwestern United States, in coastal ...
'' — swamp chestnut oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus microphylla ''Quercus microphylla'' is a Mexican species of oak in the beech family. It is widespread from Oaxaca as far north as Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas. Description ''Quercus microphylla'' is a shrub rarely more than tall, forming dense ma ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus minima ''Quercus minima'', the dwarf live oak or minimal oak, is a North American species of shrubs in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern United States. ''Quercus minima'' is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub rarely more than tall ...
'' — dwarf live oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus mongolica ''Quercus mongolica'', commonly known as Mongolian oak, is a species of oak native to Japan, China, Korea, Mongolia, and Siberia. The species can grow to be tall. The flavono-ellagitannin The Flavono-ellagitannins or complex tannins are a cla ...
'' — Mongolian oak — eastern Asia * ''
Quercus muehlenbergii ''Quercus muehlenbergii'', the chinquapin (or chinkapin) oak, is a deciduous species of tree in the white oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus''). The species was often called ''Quercus acuminata'' in older literature. ''Quercus muehlenbergii' ...
'' — Chinkapin oak — eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and
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), northern Mexico * ''
Quercus oblongifolia Quercus oblongifolia, commonly known as the Mexican blue oak, Arizona blue oak, Blue live oak or Sonoran blue oak, is an evergreen small tree or large shrub in the white oak group. Distribution ''Quercus oblongifolia'' grows in high grasslands, ...
'' — Arizona blue oak, Southwestern blue oak, or Mexican blue oak — # southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico * ''
Quercus obtusata ''Quercus obtusata'' is an oak in the white oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'') endemic to Mexico, with a distribution ranging from San Luis Potosí and Nayarit south to Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially th ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus oglethorpensis ''Quercus oglethorpensis'' (also called Oglethorpe oak) is a species of plant in the beech family. It is endemic to the United States. It is named for Oglethorpe County, Georgia, where it was first discovered. The county, in turn, is named for J ...
'' — Oglethorpe oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus oleoides ''Quercus oleoides'', with Spanish common names encina or encino, is a Mesoamerican species of oak in the live oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Virentes''). It grows in dry forests and pastureland of eastern and southern Mexico and much of Central ...
'' — # from Costa Rica into Mexico * ''
Quercus oocarpa ''Quercus oocarpa'' is a Mesoamerican species of oak. It is native to Central America and eastern Mexico, with an isolated population in the canyons of Jalisco in western Mexico.Muller, C. H. 1942. The Central American species of ''Quercus''. U ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus pacifica ''Quercus pacifica'' is a species of oak known by the common names island scrub oak, Channel Island scrub oak, and Pacific oak. Description ''Quercus pacifica'' is a shrub or a small tree growing up to in height, or occasionally taller. The l ...
'' — # Channel Islands, California * ''
Quercus peduncularis ''Quercus peduncularis'' is an oak native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.
'' — # Central America * ''
Quercus petraea ''Quercus petraea'', commonly known as the sessile oak, Cornish oak, Irish Oak or durmast oak, is a species of oak tree native to most of Europe and into Anatolia and Iran. The sessile oak is the national tree of Ireland, and an unofficial emble ...
'' — sessile oak, durmast oak — Europe, Anatolia * ''
Quercus polymorpha ''Quercus polymorpha'', the Mexican white oak, Monterrey oak or netleaf white oak, is a North American species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras, and known from a single population in the United States (about north of t ...
'' — Monterrey oak, Mexican white oak — # Mexico and extreme S. Texas * ''
Quercus praeco ''Quercus praeco'' is a Mexican species of trees in the Fagaceae, beech family. It is native to the States of Jalisco and Nayarit in western Mexico and Nuevo León in northeastern Mexico.
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus prinoides ''Quercus prinoides'', commonly known as dwarf chinkapin oak, dwarf chinquapin oak, dwarf chestnut oak or scrub chestnut oak, is a shrubby, clone-forming oak native to central-eastern North America. Description The dwarf chinkapin oak is a s ...
'' — dwarf chinkapin oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus pubescens ''Quercus pubescens'', the downy oak or pubescent oak, is a species of white oak (genus ''Quercus'' sect. ''Quercus'') native to southern Europe and southwest Asia, from northern Spain (Pyrenees) east to the Crimea and the Caucasus. It is also fou ...
'' — downy oak — Europe, Anatolia * ''
Quercus pungens ''Quercus pungens'', commonly known as the sandpaper oak or scrub oak, is a North American species evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub or small tree in the white oak group. There is one recognised variety, ''Quercus pungens var. vaseyana'', the Vas ...
'' — Sandpaper oak or Pungens oak — southwestern U.S., Mexico * ''
Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', commonly known as common oak, pedunculate oak, European oak or English oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe west of the Caucasus ...
'' — pedunculate oak, English oak or French oak — Europe, West Asia * ''
Quercus rugosa ''Quercus rugosa'', commonly known as the netleaf oak, is a broad-leaved tree in the beech and oak family Fagaceae. It is native to southern North America. Description ''Quercus rugosa'' is an evergreen shrub or tree. The bark is brown and ...
'' — netleaf oak or Rugosa oak — # southwestern U.S., northwestern Mexico * ''
Quercus sagraeana ''Quercus sagraeana'', the Cuban oak, is a medium-sized evergreen tree native to western Cuba in the Cuban pine forests ecoregion. It is the only oak native to the Caribbean. Nomenclature The Cuban oak was first described by Nuttall (1842) a ...
'' — Cuban oak — # western
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* '' Quercus × schuettei'' — Schuette's oak — US, Canada * '' Quercus sebifera'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus segoviensis ''Quercus segoviensis'' is a species of oak native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. It is commonly known as ''k’antulán''. Description ''Quercus segoviensis'' is a small or medium-sized tree which grows up to 22 meters tall, ...
'' — Mexico and northern Central America * ''
Quercus serrata ''Quercus serrata'', the jolcham oak, (, ) is an East Asian species of tree in the beech family. It is native to China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Description ''Quercus serrata'' is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of occupying elevations ...
'' — Bao Li — # China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea * ''
Quercus similis ''Quercus similis'', the swamp post oak or bottomland post oak, is an oak species native to the southeastern and south-central United States. The greatest concentration of populations is in Louisiana and Arkansas, Mississippi, and eastern Texas, ...
'' — swamp post oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus sinuata ''Quercus sinuata'' is a species of oak comprising two distinct varieties, ''Quercus sinuata'' var. ''breviloba'' and ''Quercus sinuata'' var. ''sinuata'', occurring in southeast North America. Description ''Quercus sinuata'' is a deciduous tr ...
'' — bastard oak — southern North America (formerly identified as ''Quercus durandii'') ** ''Quercus sinuata'' var. ''breviloba'' — Bigelow oak — northern Mexico, central Texas north to southwest and southcentral Oklahoma. ** ''Quercus sinuata'' var. ''sinuata'' — Durand oak — central Texas north to extreme southwest Arkansas, thence west to the Carolinas. * ''
Quercus stellata ''Quercus stellata'', the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to ro ...
'' — post oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus striatula ''Quercus striatula'' is a species of oak native to Mexico. Description ''Quercus striatula'' is low shrub, which spreads by rhizomes. It can form a low, dense thicket up to high. Distribution and habitat It is native to the Sierra Madre Oc ...
'' — Mexico (
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and
Mexican Plateau The Central Mexican Plateau, also known as the Mexican Altiplano ( es, Altiplanicie Mexicana), is a large arid-to-semiarid plateau that occupies much of northern and central Mexico. Averaging above sea level, it extends from the US-Mexico border ...
ranges) * '' Quercus subspathulata'' — Mexico * '' Quercus tarahumara'' — northwestern Mexico * ''
Quercus toumeyi ''Quercus toumeyi'', the Toumey oak, is a North American species of tree in the beech family. It is found in northwestern Mexico and the southwestern United States. It grows in Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico, and the extreme westernmost ...
'' — Toumey oak — # southwest New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, northern Mexico * '' Quercus tuberculata'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus turbinella ''Quercus turbinella'' is a North American species of oak known by the common names shrub oak, turbinella oak, shrub live oak, and gray oak. It is native to Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada in the western United States ...
'' — Turbinella oak, Arizona Blue Shrub oak, Shrub live oak or scrub live oak — # southwestern North America * '' Quercus × turneri'' — Turner's oak — Spain * ''
Quercus vaseyana ''Quercus vaseyana'' (also called Vasey oak) is a species of tree in the beech family. It grows in northern Mexico ( Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León) and in the US state of Texas. ''Q. vaseyana'' is a shrub or small tree up to 10 metr ...
'' — Vasey oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus verde ''Quercus verde'' is a species of oak endemic to northeastern Mexico. Description ''Quercus verde'' is a shrub or small tree, growing up to 3 meters high. Range and habitat ''Quercus verde'' is endemic to the western slope of the Sierra Madre Or ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus vicentensis ''Quercus vicentensis'' is a species of oak tree in the family Fagaceae, native to southern Mexico and northern Central America. Range and habitat ''Quercus vicentensis'' is endemic to forest habitats in southern Mexico (Chiapas, Jalisco, Guerre ...
'' — El Salvador, Guatemala, and southern Mexico * ''
Quercus virginiana ''Quercus virginiana'', also known as the southern live oak, is an evergreen oak tree endemic to the Southeastern United States. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South. ...
'' — southern live oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus welshii ''Quercus welshii'', the wavy leaf oak, shinnery oak, or Tucker oak, is a North American species of shrub in the (Fagaceae, beech family) found in the Flora of the Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region, Colorado Plateau and Canyonlands region o ...
'' — havard oak, Utah sand oak, wavy leaf oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus wutaishanica ''Quercus wutaishanica'', the Liaoning oak, is a species of oak native to Mongolia, China, and possibly Korea. It is the dominant species in the forest of the Loess Plateau The Chinese Loess Plateau, or simply the Loess Plateau, is a plateau ...
'' — Liaoning oak — China, Mongolia


Section ''Ponticae''

Western Asia and Western North America, produces catkins up to 10cm long, acorns mature annually. * ''
Quercus pontica ''Quercus pontica'', the Pontine oak or Armenian oak, is a species of endangered oak currently extant to the western Caucasus mountains of Georgia and northeastern Turkey where it grows at altitudes of . Description ''Quercus pontica'' is a deci ...
'' — Pontine oak — western Asia * ''
Quercus sadleriana ''Quercus sadleriana'' is a species of oak known by the common names Sadler's oak and deer oak. It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northern California in the Klamath Mountains. It grows in coniferous forests. It is placed in section '' ...
'' — deer oak — # southwestern Oregon, northern
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Section ''Mesobalanus''

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 6 months, bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless (closely related to sect. ''Quercus'' and sometimes included in it). * ''
Quercus canariensis ''Quercus canariensis'', the Algerian oak, Mirbeck's oak or zean oak, is an oak in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Mesobalanus'', native to southern Portugal, Spain, Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. Despite the scientific name, it does not occur na ...
'' — Mirbeck's oak or Algerian oak — # North Africa & Spain * ''
Quercus dentata ''Quercus dentata'', also called Japanese emperor oak or daimyo oak ( ja, 柏, ''kashiwa''; ; ko, 떡갈나무, ''tteokgalnamu'') is a species of oak native to East Asia (Japan, Korea and China). The name of the tree is often translated as "swee ...
'' — daimyo oak — eastern Asia * ''
Quercus frainetto ''Quercus frainetto'' (syn. ''Quercus conferta'' Kit., ''Quercus farnetto'' Ten.), commonly known as the Hungarian oak or Italian oak, is a species of oak, native to southeastern Europe (parts of Italy, the Balkans, parts of Hungary, Romania) and ...
'' — Hungarian oak or Italian oak — southeastern Europe * ''
Quercus macranthera ''Quercus macranthera'', commonly called the Caucasian oak, or the Persian oak, is a species of deciduous tree native to Western Asia (northern Iran, Turkey; and in the Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan) that is occasionally grown as a ...
'' — Caucasian oak or Persian oak — western Asia * ''
Quercus pyrenaica ''Quercus pyrenaica'', commonly known as Pyrenean oak, is a tree native to southwestern Europe and northwestern North Africa. Despite its common name, it is rarely found in the Pyrenees Mountains and is more abundant in northern Portugal and nort ...
'' — Pyrenean oak — southwestern Europe * ''
Quercus vulcanica ''Quercus vulcanica'' is a species of flowering plant in the Fagaceae family. It is referred to by the common name Kasnak oak, and is a rare species of tree native to Lebanon, Syria, and Turkey. It is placed in section ''Quercus''. ''Quercus vu ...
'' — Kasnak oak — southwestern Asia


Section ''Protobalanus''

The intermediate oaks. Southwest USA and northwest Mexico. Styles short, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly. * ''
Quercus cedrosensis ''Quercus cedrosensis'', the Cedros Island oak, is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. ''Quercus cedrosensis'' is native to Baja California state in northwestern Mexico, including Cedros Island. It has also been found in San Diego County, ...
'' — Cedros Island oak — # California + Baja California * ''
Quercus chrysolepis ''Quercus chrysolepis'', commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak that is found in Mexico and in the western United States, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This ...
'' — canyon live oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus palmeri ''Quercus palmeri'' is a species of oak known by the common name Palmer oak, or Palmer's oak. It is native to California (as far north as populations just south and east of the San Francisco Bay), Baja California, Southern Nevada, and in Arizona ...
'' — Palmer oak — # California, western Arizona * ''
Quercus tomentella ''Quercus tomentella'', the island oak, island live oak, or Channel Island oak, is an oak in the section ''Protobalanus''. It is native to six islands: five of the Channel Islands of California and Guadalupe Island, part of Baja California. ...
'' — island oak — # offshore islands of California + Baja California * ''
Quercus vacciniifolia ''Quercus vacciniifolia'' (sometimes spelled ''Q. vaccinifolia''), the huckleberry oak, is a member of the ''Protobalanus'' section of genus ''Quercus''. It has evergreen foliage, short styles, very bitter acorns that mature in 18 months, and ...
'' — huckleberry oak — # southwestern North America


Section ''Lobatae''

The red oaks (synonym sect. ''Erythrobalanus''). North, Central and South America. Styles long, acorns mature in 18 months (in most species),Kershner, Bruce, and Craig Tufts. ''National Wildlife Federation Field Guide to Trees of North America''. New York: Sterling Pub., 2008. Print. very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly. * ''
Quercus acerifolia ''Quercus acerifolia'' (also called maple-leaf oak) is a rare North American species of oak in the red oak section of ''Quercus'' (known as ''Lobatae''). It is endemic to just four locations within the Ouachita Mountains of the State of Arkansas. ...
'' — maple-leaved oak or mapleleaf oak — Arkansas * ''
Quercus acherdophylla ''Quercus acherdophylla'' is a species of oak native to Mexico. Description ''Quercus acherdophylla'' is typically a medium-sized evergreen tree, up to 25 meters tall. Its appearance is similar to '' Quercus laurina'', particularly its leaf size ...
'' – # Mexico * ''
Quercus acutifolia ''Quercus acutifolia'' is a species of oak tree. It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala.Quercus affinis ''Quercus affinis'' is a species of oak native only to Mexico, mostly to the Sierra Madre Oriental pine-oak forests. Description Quercus affinis is a medium-sized evergreen tree which grows up to 16 or 20 meters tall. The leaves are dark green ...
'' – # Mexico * ''
Quercus agrifolia ''Quercus agrifolia'', the California live oak, or coast live oak, is a highly variable, often evergreen oak tree, a type of live oak, native to the California Floristic Province. It may be shrubby, depending on age and growing location, but is g ...
'' — coast live oak — # California, northern Baja California * ''
Quercus albocincta ''Quercus albocincta'' is a species of oak tree. It is native to the Sierra Madre Occidental of western Mexico, in the states of Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, and Sinaloa. It has also been found in the southernmost part of Baja California Sur. ...
'' — Mexico (
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
) * ''
Quercus aristata ''Quercus aristata'' is a species of oak. It is native to western Mexico, found in Sinaloa, Nayarit, Jalisco, and Guerrero. Description ''Quercus aristata'' is a short evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has foliage that re ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus arkansana ''Quercus arkansana'', the Arkansas oak, is a species of oak tree. It is native to the southeastern United States (eastern Texas, southern Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, and the Florida Panhandle). It is ...
'' — Arkansas oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus benthamii ''Quercus benthamii'' is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae. It is native to cloud forests of Central America and southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description ''Quercus benthamii'' is typically large evergreen tree. Mature ...
'' – # southern Mexico and Central America * ''
Quercus brenesii ''Quercus brenesii'' is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organ ...
'' — Costa Rica, Mexico * ''
Quercus buckleyi ''Quercus buckleyi'', commonly known as Texas red oak or Buckley's oak, is a species of flowering plant. It is endemic to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Oklahoma and Texas). Buckley's oak is smaller and more likely to be multitr ...
'' — Texas red oak — south central North America * ''
Quercus canbyi ''Quercus canbyi'' (Canby oak, Sierra oak), synonyms including ''Quercus graciliformis'', is a North American species of oak tree. Description ''Quercus canbyi'' is a semi-evergreen - evergreen tree, up to tall in cultivation. Although, it can ...
'' — Canby oak or Mexican red oak — # Mexico * ''
Quercus candicans ''Quercus candicans'' is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is native to mountain forests of central and southern Mexico, Guatemala, and El Salvador. Common names include ahuahuaxtl, ahuamextli, encino blanco, encino cenizo, encino de agua, e ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus castanea ''Quercus castanea'' is a species of oak tree. It is widespread across much of Mexico, from Sonora to Chiapas, and in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras.Quercus coccinea ''Quercus coccinea'', the scarlet oak, is a deciduous tree in the red oak section ''Lobatae'' of the genus ''Quercus'', in the family Fagaceae. It is primarily distributed in the central and eastern United States. It occurs on dry, sandy, usuall ...
'' — scarlet oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus coccolobifolia ''Quercus jonesii'' is a species of oak tree native to Mexico. It is commonly known as palo manzano. It is placed in Quercus sect. Lobatae, ''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''. Description ''Quercus jonesii'' is small tree which typically reaches i ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus coffeicolor ''Quercus coffeicolor'' is a species of oak. It is native to Nayarit, Sinaloa, and Jalisco in western Mexico. Trelease in 1924 simultaneously published three names for what nearly all present-day botanists consider to be one species. Some public ...
'' — Mexico * '' Quercus conspersa'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus conzattii ''Quercus conzattii'' is an oak endemic to Mexico. Description ''Quercus conzattii'' has a varied growth habit, growing as shrub from 1 to 4 meters high, or a small to medium-sized tree 3 from 10 meters high, and rarely to 17 meters. It is often ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus cortesii ''Quercus cortesii'' is a species of oak native to Central America and southern Mexico. Description ''Quercus cortesii'' is a large evergreen tree, growing up to 40 meters tall. ''Quercus cortesii'' is a slow-growing tree with a very long life- ...
'' – # southern Mexico and Central America * ''
Quercus costaricensis ''Quercus costaricensis'' is a species of oak native to Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama). It is often found with ''Quercus copeyensis'' in the upper montane forests, to elevation.Quercus crassifolia ''Quercus crassifolia'' is a species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Veracruz Veracruz (), formally Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Ll ...
'' — Mexico * '' Quercus crassipes'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus crispipilis ''Quercus crispipilis'' is a species of oak native to Chiapas state in southern Mexico and to Guatemala. It is placed in Quercus sect. Lobatae, ''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''. Description ''Quercus crispipilis'' is a medium-sized tree which gr ...
'' — Mexico, Guatemala * ''
Quercus cualensis ''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.Sierra Madre del Sur The Sierra Madre del Sur is a mountain range in southern Mexico, extending from southern Michoacán east through Guerrero, to the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in eastern Oaxaca. Geography The Sierra Madre del Sur joins with the Eje Volcánico Transv ...
) * '' Quercus delgadoana'' — Mexico (
Sierra Madre Oriental The Sierra Madre Oriental () is a mountain range in northeastern Mexico. The Sierra Madre Oriental is part of the American Cordillera, a chain of mountain ranges (cordillera) that consists of an almost continuous sequence of mountain ranges that f ...
) * '' Quercus depressa'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus durifolia ''Quercus durifolia'', commonly known as encino colorado, is a species of oak tree native to Mexico. Description ''Quercus durifolia'' is a small evergreen tree that typically reaches in height, occasionally growing to 15 meters. Leaves are lan ...
'' — Mexico (
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
) * '' Quercus dysophylla'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus eduardii ''Quercus eduardi'' (also spelt ''Quercus eduardii'') is a species of oak tree. ''Q. eduardi'' is found in Sierra Fría, Aguascalientes, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern p ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus ellipsoidalis ''Quercus ellipsoidalis'', the northern pin oak or Hill's oak, is a North American species of oak tree native to the north-central United States and south-central Canada, primarily in the Great Lakes region and the Upper Mississippi Valley. It ...
'' — northern pin oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus elliptica ''Quercus elliptica'' is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree. It is widespread across central and southern Mexico and Central America from Sinaloa and Hidalgo south as far as Nicaragua.Quercus emoryi ''Quercus emoryi'', the Emory oak, is a species of oak common in Arizona (including inside Saguaro National Park), New Mexico and western Texas (including inside Big Bend National Park), United States, and northern Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua, Co ...
'' — Emory oak — # southwestern U.S., northern Mexico * ''
Quercus falcata ''Quercus falcata'', also called southern red oak, spanish oak, bottomland red oak or three-lobed red oak is an oak (part of the genus ''Quercus''). Native to the southeastern United States, it gets its name the "Spanish Oak" as these are the ar ...
'' — southern red oak or Spanish oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus flocculenta ''Quercus flocculenta'' is an endangered species of oak in the family Fagaceae, native to northeastern Mexico. It is endemic to the Sierra Madre Oriental of Nuevo León state. Description ''Quercus flocculenta'' is a deciduous shrub or small tre ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus frutex ''Quercus frutex'' is a species of plant in the family Fagaceae. It is endemic to central Mexico, found in México State, D.F., Tlaxcala, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Puebla, and Oaxaca.Quercus fulva ''Quercus fulva'' is a Mexican species of oak tree. It is native to northern and western Mexico, found in Sinaloa, Durango, Nayarit, Chihuahua, and Coahuila Coahuila (), formally Coahuila de Zaragoza (), officially the Free and Sovereign Sta ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus furfuracea ''Quercus furfuracea'' is a species of oak native to eastern Mexico. Description ''Quercus furfuracea'' is a shrub or small tree, which grows to 3 to 6 meters tall. The species belongs to the ''Quercus acutifolia'' group of species. The species ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus gentryi ''Quercus gentryi'' is a species of oak. It is native to western and north-western Mexico, from Sonora south to Michoacán and east as far as Guanajuato. Description ''Quercus gentryi'' is a short evergreen tree up to tall with a trunk as much ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus glabrescens ''Quercus glabrescens'' is a species of oak. It is endemic to the mountains of east-central Mexico. Description It is a tree up to tall with thick leathery leaves up to long, elliptical or egg-shaped with a few wavy lobes along the edges.
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus gravesii ''Quercus gravesii'' (also called Chisos red oak or Grave's oak) is an uncommon North American species of oak in the red oak section ''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It is a deciduous tree up to tall ...
'' — Chisos red oak or Graves oak — Mexico, southwestern North America (Texas) * ''
Quercus graciliformis ''Quercus graciliformis'' (also known as the Chisos oak or slender oak) is a rare North American species of oak tree. Description ''Quercus graciliformis'' is a deciduous tree up to tall. The leaves are elliptical or lance-shaped with 8–10 s ...
'' — Chisos oak — western Texas * ''
Quercus georgiana ''Quercus georgiana'', the Georgia oak or Stone Mountain oak, is a rare deciduous red oak, native to the southeastern United States. Description ''Quercus georgiana'' is a small tree, often shrubby in the wild, growing to tall. It is classifi ...
'' — Georgia oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus hemisphaerica ''Quercus hemisphaerica'' (sand laurel oak, laurel oak, Darlington oak, laurel-leaf oak) is a species of oak native to the southeastern and south-central United States. It is in the red oak section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''. It is often con ...
'' — laurel oak or Darlington oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus hintonii ''Quercus hintonii'' is a rare species of oak. It is endemic to the central Mexican State of Mexico.Quercus hintoniorum ''Quercus hintoniorum'' is a species of oak. It has only been found in the northeastern Mexican states of Coahuila and Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New Kingdom of León ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus hirtifolia ''Quercus hirtifolia'' is a rare Mexican species of oak. It has been found only in a small region of the southern Sierra Madre Oriental in northern Puebla and eastern Hidalgo states in east-central Mexico. Description ''Quercus hirtifolia'' is ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus humboldtii ''Quercus humboldtii'', commonly known as the Andean oak, Colombian oak or roble, is a species of oak found only in Colombia and Panamá. It is named for Alexander von Humboldt. Description ''Quercus humboldtii'' is an evergreen tree which gro ...
'' — Andean oak — # northern South America (Colombia & Panama) * ''
Quercus hypoleucoides ''Quercus hypoleucoides'', the silverleaf oak or the whiteleaf oak is a North American species of oak tree or shrub. It grows in the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. Description ''Quercus hypoleucoides'', though usually seen as ...
'' — silverleaf oak — # southwestern North America * ''
Quercus hypoxantha ''Quercus hypoxantha'' is a species of oak. It has been found only in northeastern Mexico, in the States of Tamaulipas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León Nuevo León () is a state in the northeast region of Mexico. The state was named after the New K ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus ilicifolia ''Quercus ilicifolia'', commonly known as bear oak or scrub oak, is a small shrubby oak native to the eastern United States and southeastern Canada. Its range extends in the United States from Maine to North Carolina, with reports of a few popula ...
'' — bear oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus iltisii ''Quercus iltisii'' is a species of oak tree native to western Mexico, where it is found in a small portion of Jalisco and Colima states.Quercus imbricaria ''Quercus imbricaria'', the shingle oak, is a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. It is native primarily to the Midwestern and Upper South regions of North America. Description A tree usually 15–18 meters (50–60 feet) high, maxi ...
'' — shingle oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus incana ''Quercus incana'' is a species of oak known by the common names bluejack oak, upland willow oak, sandjack oak, and cinnamon oak. It is native to the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States, from Virginia around Florida to Texas and ...
'' — bluejack oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus inopina ''Quercus inopina'', the sandhill oak, is an uncommon North American species of oak shrub. It has been found only in the state of Florida in the southeastern United States. It is a branching shrub up to 5 meters (17 feet) in height. The bark is ...
'' — sandhill oak — Florida * ''
Quercus jonesii ''Quercus jonesii'' is a species of oak tree native to Mexico. It is commonly known as palo manzano. It is placed in Quercus sect. Lobatae, ''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''. Description ''Quercus jonesii'' is small tree which typically reaches i ...
'' — northern Mexico * ''
Quercus kelloggii ''Quercus kelloggii'', the California black oak, also known as Kellogg oak, is an oak in the red oak section (genus ''Quercus'', section ''Lobatae'', series ''Agrifoliae''), native to western North America. Although genetically separated from the ...
'' — California black oak — California, southwestern Oregon * ''
Quercus laevis ''Quercus laevis'', the turkey oak, is a member of the red oak group of oaks. It is native to the southeastern United States. The name turkey oak derives from the resemblance of the leaves to a turkey's foot. A Turkish and southern European spec ...
'' — turkey oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus laurifolia ''Quercus laurifolia'' (swamp laurel oak, diamond-leaf oak, water oak, obtusa oak, laurel oak) is a medium-sized semi-evergreen oak in the red oak section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''. It is native to the southeastern and south-central the Unite ...
'' — laurel oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus laurina ''Quercus laurina'' is a species of oak. It is native primarily to Mexico (from Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus marilandica ''Quercus marilandica'', the blackjack oak, is a small oak, one of the red oak group ''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''. It is native to the eastern and central United States. Description ''Quercus marilandica'' is a small deciduous tree growing to ...
'' — blackjack oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus martinezii ''Quercus martinezii'' is a species of oak found in southwestern and central Mexico. It has been found in Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Guerrero, and Oaxaca states.
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus mcvaughii ''Quercus mcvaughii'' is a species of oak tree native to Mexico. Description ''Quercus mcvaughii'' is an evergreen or drought-deciduous tree which typically reaches in height, occasionally growing to 25 m. Smaller trees often have a shrubb ...
'' — Mexico (northern and central
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
) * ''
Quercus mexicana ''Quercus mexicana'' is a species of oak. It is widespread in eastern Mexico from Chiapas to Tamaulipas.Quercus mulleri ''Quercus mulleri'' is a rare Mexican species of oak. It has been found only in a small area of the Sierra de Miahuatlán, a sub-range of the Sierra Madre del Sur in southern Oaxaca state. Description ''Quercus mulleri'' is a small- to medium-si ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus myrtifolia ''Quercus myrtifolia'', the myrtle oak, is a North American species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina). It is often found in coastal areas on sandy soils. It is an eve ...
'' — myrtle oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus nigra ''Quercus nigra'', the water oak, is an oak in the red oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''), native to the eastern and south-central United States, found in all the coastal states from New Jersey to Texas, and inland as far as Oklahoma, Kent ...
'' — water oak — # eastern North America * ''
Quercus nixoniana ''Quercus nixoniana'' is an endangered species of oak tree native to southern Mexico. It is found in humid mountain forests of southwestern Mexico, in the states of Jalisco, Guerrero, and Oaxaca. Description ''Quercus nixoniana'' is a medium-siz ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus pagoda ''Quercus pagoda'', the cherrybark oak, is one of the most highly valued red oaks in the southern United States. It is larger and better formed than southern red oak and commonly grows on more moist sites. Its strong wood and straight form make ...
'' — cherrybark oak — southeastern North America * ''
Quercus parvula ''Quercus parvula'', the Santa Cruz Island oak, is an evergreen red oak (Series ''Agrifoliae'', Section '' Lobatae'') found on north-facing Santa Cruz Island slopes and in the California Coast Ranges from Santa Barbara County north to Mendocino C ...
'' — Shreve oak, Santa Cruz Island oak — # coastal California * ''
Quercus palustris ''Quercus palustris'', the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak, is a tree in the red oak section (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae'') of the genus ''Quercus''. Pin oak is one of the most commonly used landscaping oaks in its native range due to its ease of ...
'' — pin oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus phellos ''Quercus phellos'', the willow oak, is a North American species of a deciduous tree in the red oak group of oaks. It is native to the south-central and eastern United States. Description It is a medium-sized tree growing to tall (exceptional ...
'' — willow oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus pinnativenulosa ''Quercus pinnativenulosa'' is a species of oak endemic to Mexico. Description ''Quercus pinnativenulosa'' is a tree which grows from 10 to 15 meters tall, and occasionally to 20 meters. The species is part of the ''Quercus laurina'' group of oa ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus planipocula ''Quercus planipocula'' is a species of oak. It is native to western Mexico in Sinaloa, Nayarit, and Guerrero Guerrero is one of the 32 states that comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 81 municipalities and its capit ...
'' — western Mexico * ''
Quercus potosina ''Quercus potosina'' is a species of oak. It is native to northern Mexico, from Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Durango, and Jalisco east as far as San Luis Potosí. It is placed in Quercus sect. Quercus, ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus''. Descript ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus pumila ''Quercus pumila'', the runner oak or running oak, is a species of oak. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas). ''Quercus pumila'' is a deciduous In the fields of horticul ...
'' — runner oak — # southeastern North America * ''
Quercus radiata ''Quercus radiata'' is an endangered species of oak native to Mexico. Description ''Quercus radiata'' is a small evergreen tree that typically reaches in height. Distribution and habitat It is native to the southern Sierra Madre Occidental, ...
'' — Mexico (southern
Sierra Madre Occidental The Sierra Madre Occidental is a major mountain range system of the North American Cordillera, that runs northwest–southeast through northwestern and western Mexico, and along the Gulf of California. The Sierra Madre is part of the American C ...
) * ''
Quercus rapurahuensis ''Quercus benthamii'' is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae. It is native to cloud forests of Central America and southern Mexico. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description ''Quercus benthamii'' is typically large evergreen tree. Mature ...
'' — Talamanca oak — #
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Quercus resinosa ''Quercus resinosa'' is a species of oak. It is native to central and western Mexico, from Nayarit south to Michoacán and east as far as San Luis Potosí. It is placed in ''Quercus'' section ''Quercus''. Description ''Quercus resinosa'' is a d ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus robusta ''Quercus robusta'', also called robust oak, is a rare North American species of oak. It has been found only in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park in western Texas. ''Quercus robusta'' is a deciduous tree growing up to tall. Th ...
'' — Chisos Mountains of Texas * '' Quercus rysophylla'' — loquat-leaf oak — # Mexico * ''
Quercus rubra ''Quercus rubra'', the northern red oak, is an oak tree in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is a native of North America, in the eastern and central United States and southeast and south-central Canada. It has been introdu ...
'' — northern red oak — eastern North America * '' Quercus rubramenta'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus runcinatifolia ''Quercus runcinatifolia'' is a species of oak endemic to northeastern Mexico. Range and habitat ''Quercus runcinatifolia'' is endemic to the northern Sierra Madre Oriental in the state of Nuevo León south of the city of Monterrey, including the ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus salicifolia ''Quercus salicifolia'' is a species of oak. It is native to central and southern Mexico and Central America, from Jalisco to Panama. Description ''Quercus salicifolia'' is a tree up to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter. The leaves are na ...
'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus saltillensis An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably ''L ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus sapotifolia ''Quercus sapotifolia'' is a species of oak. It is native to southern and western Mexico (as far north as Michoacán) as well as Central America.Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–5 ...
'' — # southern Mexico, Central America * ''
Quercus sartorii ''Quercus sartorii'' is a species of oak tree known by the common name of Sartors oak. It is native to central and southern Mexico from Veracruz, San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Puebla, Oaxaca to Tamaulipas Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus scytophylla ''Quercus scytophylla '' is a species of oak. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Chiapas.
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus shumardii ''Quercus shumardii'', the Shumard oak, spotted oak, Schneck oak, Shumard red oak, or swamp red oak, is one of the largest of the oak species in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is closely related to '' Quercus buckleyi'' ...
'' — Shumard oak — eastern North America * ''
Quercus sideroxyla ''Quercus sideroxyla'', called the Santa Rosa oak and encino colorado, is a species of oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of o ...
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus splendens ''Quercus peduncularis'' is an oak native to Mexico and Central America, ranging from Jalisco to Honduras.
'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus skinneri ''Quercus skinneri'' is a species of oak. It is found in Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. It is threatened by habitat loss. Description ''Quercus skinneri'' is a medium-sized to large tree, growing up to 25 meters tall. Range and h ...
'' — Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz) Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras * '' Quercus tarahumara'' — Mexico * ''
Quercus tardifolia ''Quercus tardifolia'', the Chisos Mountains oak or lateleaf oak, is a rare North American species of oak. It has been found in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park in Texas, and in the nearby Sierra del Carmen across the Río Grand ...
'' — lateleaf oak — # two small clumps in Chisos Mountains of Texas * ''
Quercus texana ''Quercus texana'', commonly known as Nuttall's oak, is a fast-growing, large deciduous oak tree. It is a tree growing up to 25 meters (83 feet) tall, with dark brown Bark (botany), bark. It has leaves with sharp pointed lobes somewhat similar ...
'' — Nuttall's oak — south central North America (Lower
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Valley) * ''
Quercus urbani ''Quercus urbani'', also known as ''Quercus urbanii'', is a species of oak. It is native to western and central Mexico from Sinaloa, Durango, and Zacatecas to Oaxaca.Quercus uxoris ''Quercus uxoris'' is an uncommon species of oak. The tree is endemic to Mexico. It has been found in the states of Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero, Michoacán, and Oaxaca in southern Mexico.Quercus velutina ''Quercus velutina'', the black oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (''Quercus'' sect. ''Lobatae''), native and widespread in eastern and central North America. It is sometimes called the eastern black oak. ''Quercus velutina'' was pre ...
'' — black oak or eastern black oak or dyer's oak — eastern North America * '' Quercus viminea'' — # Mexico * ''
Quercus wislizeni ''Quercus wislizeni'', known by the common name interior live oak, is an evergreen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in many areas of California in the United States continuing south into northern Baja California in Mexico. It general ...
'' — interior live oak — # California * ''
Quercus xalapensis ''Quercus xalapensis'', or xalapa oak, is a species of oak in the red oak group (''Quercus'' section ''Lobatae''). It is native to the mountains of eastern and southern Mexico, as well as Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua in northern Central A ...
'' — Mexico, Central America


Subgenus ''Cerris''


Section ''Cerris''

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless or slightly hairy. * ''
Quercus acutissima ''Quercus acutissima'', the sawtooth oak, is an Asian species of oak native to China, Tibet, Korea, Japan, Indochina (Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia) and the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, northeastern India). It is widely planted in many lands ...
'' Carruth. — sawtooth oak — # China (including Tibet), Korea, Japan,
Indochina Mainland Southeast Asia, also known as the Indochinese Peninsula or Indochina, is the continental portion of Southeast Asia. It lies east of the Indian subcontinent and south of Mainland China and is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the west an ...
, the Himalayas (Nepal, Bhutan, northeastern India). * ''
Quercus afares ''Quercus afares'', the African oak, is a species of oak native to Algeria and Tunisia. It has a very limited distribution in the coastal mountains of the eastern Tell Atlas in Algeria, and the Mogod- Kroumerie region of northwestern Tunisia. '' ...
'' Pomel — African oak — North Africa * ''
Quercus brandisiana ''Quercus brandisiana'' is a species of oak native to Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos. It is in the subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis'', subsection ''Helferiana''. In upland forests it is often the dominant species. Reference ...
'' Kurz Upland Indochina, Bangladesh * ''
Quercus brantii ''Quercus brantii'', the Brant's oak, is a species of oak native to Western Asia, namely in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. ''Quercus brantii'' (covering more than 50% of the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree sp ...
'' — Persian oak — southwestern Asia * ''
Quercus castaneifolia ''Quercus castaneifolia'', the chestnut-leaved oak, is a species of oak in the turkey oak section Quercus sect. Cerris, ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is native to the Caucasus and Alborz mountains of Iran, and resembles the closely related Que ...
'' — chestnut-leaved oak — Caucasus, Iran (Persia) * ''
Quercus cerris ''Quercus cerris'', the Turkey oak or Austrian oak, is an oak native to south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the type species of ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris'', a section of the genus characterised by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, ...
'' — Turkey oak — southern Europe, southwestern Asia * '' Quercus chenii'' Nakai — SE China * ''
Quercus floribunda ''Quercus floribunda'', called the Moru oak or Mohru oak, Tilonj oak and green oak, is a species of oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant ...
'' — Moru oak — # Himalayas * ''
Quercus ithaburensis ''Quercus ithaburensis'', the Mount Tabor oak, is a tree in the beech family. It is found in Southeastern Europe, from southeastern Italy, southern Albania and Greece, and in southwestern Asia from Turkey south through Lebanon, Israel, Syria, an ...
'' — Mount Tabor's oak — southeastern Europe, southwestern Asia * ''
Quercus libani ''Quercus libani'', the Lebanon oak, is a species of oak native to the eastern Mediterranean in western Asia, including in Lebanon, western Syria, northeastern Israel, eastern Turkey, and northern Iraq and Iran. Description ''Quercus libani'' i ...
'' — Lebanon oak — southwestern Asia * ''
Quercus look ''Quercus look'', also known as the look oak and the Mount Hermon oak is a species of oak in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cerris'', native to the Levant region of Western Asia, including northern Israel, Lebanon, and Syria. Of the local oak s ...
'' Kotschy ''—'' Levant * ''
Quercus macrolepis ''Quercus macrolepis'', the Valonia oak, is a species of oak in the beech family, Fagaceae. Formerly, it was commonly treated as a subspecies of the closely related and sympatric mount Tabor oak. At present, however, it is mostly granted spec ...
'' — Vallonea oak — # southwestern Asia * ''
Quercus miyagii ''Quercus miyagii'' is a species of oak native to the Ryukyu Islands The , also known as the or the , are a chain of Japanese islands that stretch southwest from Kyushu to Taiwan: the Ōsumi, Tokara, Amami, Okinawa, and Sakishima Isl ...
'' — Ryukyus * ''
Quercus pannosa ''Quercus pannosa'' is a species of oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the name ...
'' # — China * ''
Quercus suber ''Quercus suber'', commonly called the cork oak, is a medium-sized, evergreen oak tree in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''. It is the primary source of cork for wine bottle stoppers and other uses, such as cork flooring and as the cores ...
'' — cork oak — # southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa * ''
Quercus trojana ''Quercus trojana'', the Macedonian oak is an oak in the turkey oak section ( ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris''). It is native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, from southern Italy east across the southern Balkans (Croatia, Albania, Serbia, No ...
'' — Macedonian oak — # southeastern Europe * ''
Quercus variabilis ''Quercus variabilis'', the Chinese cork oak, is a species of oak in the section ''Quercus'' sect. ''Cerris'', native to a wide area of eastern Asia in southern, central, and eastern China, Taiwan, Japan, and Korea. Description ''Quercus variab ...
'' — Chinese cork oak — eastern Asia


Section ''Ilex''

Eurasia and northern
Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...
. Styles medium-long; acorns mature in 12–24 months, appearing hairy on the inside. Evergreen leaves, with bristle-like extensions on the teeth. (
Sister group In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree. Definition The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram: Taxon A and t ...
to sect. ''Cerris'' and sometimes included in it) *''
Quercus acrodonta ''Quercus acrodonta'' is a species of flowering plant in the oak genus ''Quercus'', family Fagaceae, native to central and southern China. It is typically found growing in valleys and on mountains above sea level. An evergreen tree, occasionally ...
'' — # China *''
Quercus alnifolia ''Quercus alnifolia'', commonly known as the golden oak, is an evergreen oak species of Cyprus. Its common English name refers to the golden coloured lower surface of its leaves. ''Quercus alnifolia'' belongs to the endemic flora of the island a ...
'' — golden oak — # Cyprus *''
Quercus aquifolioides ''Quercus aquifolioides'' is a species of oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in th ...
'' Rehder & E.H.Wilson — # China (including Tibet) * ''
Quercus calliprinos ''Quercus calliprinos'' is an oak classified as part of the ''Ilex'' section of the genus growing in the Mediterranean climate zone, mainly on limestone, in mid-elevations, often dominating the flora, alongside terebinths (''Pistacia terebinthu ...
'' — Palestine oak — # southwestern Asia * ''
Quercus coccifera ''Quercus coccifera'', the kermes oak, is an oak bush in the ''Ilex'' section of the genus. It is native to the Mediterranean region and Northern African Maghreb, south to north from Morocco to France and west to east from Portugal to Cyprus an ...
'' — kermes oak — # southern Europe * ''
Quercus franchetii ''Quercus franchetii'', commonly known as the zhui lian li evergreen oak, is a species of oak in the ''Ilex'' section of the genus, native to a wide area of eastern Asia. It is an oak native to China (Sichuan and Yunnan), northern Thailand and Vi ...
'' — China, eastern Asia * ''
Quercus guyavifolia ''Quercus guyavifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperat ...
'' — China * ''
Quercus ilex ''Quercus ilex'', the evergreen oak, holly oak or holm oak is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the ''Ilex'' section of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. Description An evergreen tr ...
'' — holly oak or holm oak — # southern Europe * ''Quercus rotundifolia'' — ballota oak or holm oak — # Iberian peninsula, northwestern Africa * ''
Quercus semecarpifolia ''Quercus semecarpifolia'' is an Asian species of oak. It is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in Tibet, Afghanistan, India, Nepal, and Pakistan. It is classified in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Ilex''. ''Quercus semecarpifolia'' i ...
'' — brown oak or Kharshu oak — # Himalayas * ''
Quercus spinosa ''Quercus spinosa'' is a species of oak An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the name ...
'' # — China, Myanmar


Section ''Cyclobalanopsis''

The ring-cupped oaks (synonym genus ''Cyclobalanopsis''). Eastern and southeastern Asia. Acorns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales; they commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species. About 150 species. ; Selected species * ''
Quercus acuta ''Quercus acuta'', the Japanese evergreen oak, is an oak native to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and China's Guizhou Province and Guangdong Province. Description Due to its foliage and habitat, it looks rather unlike most other oaks. ''Quercus ...
'' — Japanese evergreen oak. # Japan,
Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at or near the 38th parallel, with North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) comprising its northern half and South Korea (Republic o ...
* ''
Quercus albicaulis ''Quercus albicaulis'' is a rare Chinese species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only on the Island of Hainan Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of v ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus annulata ''Quercus annulata'' is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae. There are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. This oak tree has oblong, caudate leaves, 100– ...
'' Sm. — # The
Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
to Vietnam * ''
Quercus arbutifolia ''Quercus arbutifolia'' is the accepted name of an endemic bush / small-tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ' ring-cupped oaks' and the family Fagaceae; there are no known subspecies. The species appears to be endemic to Vietnam Viet ...
'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Vietnam (
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
) * '' Quercus argentata'' — #
Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
,
Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
* ''
Quercus argyrotricha ''Quercus argyrotricha'' is a rare Chinese species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capit ...
'' — #
Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of the People's Republic of China. Its capital and largest city is Guiyang, in the center of the province. Guizhou borders the autonomous region of Guangxi to t ...
(China) * ''
Quercus asymmetrica ''Quercus asymmetrica'' is the accepted name of an endemic oak tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ' ring-cupped oaks' and the family Fagaceae. It is found in China (specifically, Guangxi Province and Hainan Province, where it is called 托 ...
'' Hickel & A.Camus — # China, northern Vietnam * ''
Quercus augustinii ''Quercus augustinii'' is a rare species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the " ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam as well as Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of ...
'' — # China,
Vietnam Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
* ''
Quercus auricoma ''Quercus cambodiensis'', synonym ''Quercus auricoma'', is an Asian tree species in the family Fagaceae, endemic to Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a coun ...
'' A.Camus — # China, Vietnam (synonym ''
Quercus hui ''Quercus hui'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Fagaceae, Native species, native to south-east China and Hainan. It was first described in 1928. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, section ''Cyclobal ...
'') * ''
Quercus austrocochinchinensis ''Quercus austrocochinchinensis'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam and Thailand as well as Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of ...
'' — # China,
Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...
, Vietnam * ''
Quercus austroglauca ''Quercus lungmaiensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has only been found in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of th ...
'' — # China. * '' Quercus bella'' — # China * '' Quercus blakei'' — # China,
Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...
, Vietnam * '' Quercus braianensis'' A.Camus — # Vietnam (
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
) * ''
Quercus championii ''Quercus championii'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, and Yunnan. ''Quercus championii'' is a tree up to 20 meters ...
'' — # China,
Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...
* ''
Quercus chapensis ''Quercus chapensis'' is an uncommon species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the " ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in ...
'' — # China, Vietnam * ''
Quercus chevalieri ''Quercus chevalieri'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyc ...
'' — # China, Vietnam * ''
Quercus chingsiensis ''Quercus thorelii'' is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the " ring-cupped oak" sub-genus; the species is named after the French botanist Clovis Thorel. It has been found in Indochina ( Laos, Vietnam) and in southern China ( ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus chrysocalyx ''Quercus chrysocalyx'' is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae; there are no known subspecies. It is native to Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, sec ...
'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus chungii ''Quercus chungii'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangxi, and Guizhou Guizhou (; formerly Kweichow) is a landlocked province in the southwest region of ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus daimingshanensis ''Quercus daimingshanensis'' is a rare Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in a small region of southern China, in the Daming Shan region of the Province of Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, ...
'' — # China * '' Quercus dankiaensis'' A.Camus — # Vietnam (
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
) * ''
Quercus delavayi ''Quercus delavayi'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romaniz ...
'' — # China * '' Quercus delicatula'' — # China * ''
Quercus dinghuensis ''Quercus dinghuensis'' is a rare species of tree in the Fagaceae, beech family. It has been found only in a small region in southern China, in the Dinghu Shan area in the Province of Guangdong. ''Quercus dinghuensis'' is a small tree up to 8 me ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus disciformis ''Quercus disciformis'' is a species of tree in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, and Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus edithiae ''Quercus edithiae'' is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "List of Quercus species#Section Cyclobalanopsis, ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi ...
'' — # China, Vietnam * ''
Quercus elevaticostata ''Quercus elevaticostata'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the province of Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern ...
'' — #
Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...
(China) * '' Quercus fleuryi'' — # China, Laos, Vietnam * ''
Quercus gambleana ''Quercus gambleana'' is a species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northeastern India and southwestern China (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, ...
'' — # China, India * ''
Quercus gemelliflora ''Quercus gemelliflora'' is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regio ...
'' — # Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam * ''
Quercus gilva ''Quercus gilva'', the red-bark oak, is a species of tree in the beech family. It has been found in Japan, Korea, and southeastern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou, Hunan, Taiwan, Zhejiang Zhejiang ( or , ; , also romanized as Chekiang) ...
'' — # Japan, Taiwan, China * ''
Quercus glauca ''Quercus glauca'' ( syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis glauca''), commonly called ring-cupped oak or Japanese blue oak, is a tree in the beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to eastern and southern Asia, where it is found in Afghanistan, Bhutan, China, nor ...
'' — ring-cupped oak. # From
Afghanistan Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordere ...
to Japan and Vietnam * ''
Quercus gomeziana ''Quercus gomeziana'' is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae. There are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, section ''Cyclobalanopsis'' (the ring-cupped oaks). This oak tree grows in ...
'' A.Camus — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus helferiana ''Quercus helferiana'' is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the " ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It is native to Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, India (northeast), and southern China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou). Description ' ...
'' — # China, India,
Burma Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...
/Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam * '' Quercus hondae'' — #
Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
(Japan) * ''
Quercus hypophaea ''Quercus hypophaea'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in Taiwan. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. ''Quercus hypophaea'' is a tree up to 18 meters tall with w ...
'' — # Taiwan * ''
Quercus jenseniana ''Quercus jenseniana'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China, found in the Provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Zhejiang. It is placed in subgenu ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus jinpinensis ''Quercus jinpinensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China, found only in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus kerrii ''Quercus kerrii'' is an uncommon Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It is native to Thailand and Vietnam. There are also populations in southern China that according to some authors belong to ''Q. kerrii'' but considered by others to ...
'' — Kerr's oak. # Vietnam, Thailand, possibly China * ''
Quercus kiukiangensis ''Quercus kiukiangensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the Fagaceae, beech family. It has only been found in Tibet and Yunnan.'' ''Quercus kiukiangensis'' is a large tree up to 30 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 18 cm long ...
'' — # China * '' Quercus kouangsiensis'' — # China * ''
Quercus lamellosa ''Quercus lamellosa'' (syn. ''Cyclobalanopsis lamellosa'') is a species of oak native to the Himalaya and adjoining mountains from Tibet and Nepal east as far as Guangxi and northern Thailand, growing at altitudes of 1300–2500 m. The Lepcha o ...
'' — #
Himalayas The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...
* ''
Quercus lanata ''Quercus lanata'', the woolly-leaved oak, is a species of ''Quercus'' native to southern and southeastern Asia, including India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, Indochina (Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand), and ...
'' Sm. — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus langbianensis ''Quercus langbianensis'' is the accepted name of an uncommon oak tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ''Cyclobalanopsis'' in the family Fagaceae. These differ from other ''Quercus'' subgenera in that they have acorns with distinctive cups: ...
'' — #
Cambodia Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
, China, Vietnam. (synonym: ''
Quercus camusiae ''Quercus langbianensis'' is the accepted name of an uncommon oak tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ''Cyclobalanopsis'' in the family Fagaceae. These differ from other ''Quercus'' subgenera in that they have acorns with distinctive cups: ...
'') * ''
Quercus lineata ''Quercus lineata'' is a species of ''Quercus'' (oak) in the beech family Fagaceae, belonging to subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. It was first described by Carl Ludwig von Blume.Quercus litoralis ''Atuna excelsa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Chrysobalanaceae, native to Thailand to the western Pacific. Taxonomy ''Atuna excelsa'' was first described by William Jack in 1822 as ''Petrocarya excelsa''. The species and its t ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus litseoides ''Quercus litseoides'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus lobbii ''Quercus lobbii'' is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family. It has been found in northeastern India and southwestern China (Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of th ...
'' — # China, India * ''
Quercus longinux ''Quercus longinux'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has only been found in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas ...
'' — # Taiwan * ''
Quercus lowii ''Quercus lowii'' is a species of oak (''Quercus'') native to the mountains of northern Borneo. Range and habitat ''Quercus lowii'' is native to Malaysian Borneo. It is mostly found in the vicinity of Mount Kinabalu in Sabah state, along with a ...
'' — #
Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
* ''
Quercus lungmaiensis ''Quercus lungmaiensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has only been found in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The p ...
'' — #
Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
(China) * '' Quercus macrocalyx'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus merrillii ''Quercus merrillii'' is an Asian species of shrubs in the beech family. It has been found on the Island of Palawan in southwestern Philippines and also in the Malaysian parts of the nearby Island of Borneo (both Sarawak and Sabah Sabah ( ...
'' — #
Sabah Sabah () is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indone ...
and
Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the M ...
(Malaysia),
Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...
(
Philippines The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no), * bik, Republika kan Filipinas * ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas * cbk, República de Filipinas * hil, Republ ...
) * ''
Quercus mespilifolia ''Quercus mespilifolia'' is a tree species in the family Fagaceae. There are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. The known distribution of ''Q. mespilifolia'' is Burma, Thailand, Laos and Viet ...
'' Wall. ex A.DC — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus morii ''Quercus morii'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South Chin ...
'' — # Taiwan * ''
Quercus motuoensis ''Quercus motuoensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in Tibet. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis, section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. ''Quercus motuoensis'' ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus multinervis ''Quercus multinervis'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family. It is native to central and southern China (Provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus myrsinifolia ''Quercus myrsinifolia'' is an Asian species of tree in the ring-cupped oaks subgenus of the family Fagaceae. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak, Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is ; piny ...
'' — bamboo-leaf oak. # China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam (synonym: '' Quercus neglecta'') * ''
Quercus ningangensis ''Quercus ningangensis'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China (Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of t ...
'' — # China * '' Quercus oblongata'' D.Don — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus obovatifolia ''Quercus arbutifolia'' is the accepted name of an endemic bush / small-tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ' ring-cupped oaks' and the family Fagaceae; there are no known subspecies. The species appears to be endemic to Vietnam Viet ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus oxyodon ''Quercus oxyodon'' is a tree species in the Asian sub-genus of ' ring-cupped oaks' and the family Fagaceae. It is native to the Himalayas (Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, Tibet, Myanmar) and to the mountains of southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi ...
'' — #
Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
, Myanmar, China,
Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...
,
Nepal Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
, northern Vietnam (synonym ''Q. songtavanensis'') * ''
Quercus pachyloma ''Quercus pachyloma'' is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to southern China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Taiwan, Yunnan). It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', Quercus sect. Cyclobalanops ...
'' — # China, Taiwan * '' Quercus patelliformis'' — # China * ''
Quercus pentacycla ''Quercus pentacycla'' is an uncommon Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the P ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus petelotii ''Quercus petelotii'' is the accepted name of an endemic oak tree species in the beech family Fagaceae; there are no known sub-species. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. The species appears to be endemic to Vietn ...
'' A.Camus — # Vietnam (
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
) * '' Quercus phanera'' — # China * ''
Quercus poilanei ''Quercus poilanei'' is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It has been found in northern Indochina (Thailand and Vietnam) and also in the Province of Guangxi in southern China. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cycl ...
'' — # China, Thailand, Vietnam * ''
Quercus quangtriensis ''Quercus quangtriensis'' is a tree species in the beech family Fagaceae; there are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. This oak tree grows up to 25 m tall and has been recorded from Vietnam, w ...
'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Vietnam * ''
Quercus rex ''Quercus rex'' is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It has been found in the seasonal tropical forests of northern Indochina ( Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam), northeastern India, and also in the province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is ...
'' — # China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam * '' Quercus rupestris'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Vietnam (
endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
) * ''
Quercus salicina ''Quercus salicina'' is an oak species found in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. The larvae of the Japanese oakblue ('' Arhopala japonica''), of '' Acrocercops vallata'' and '' Mar ...
'' — # Japan,
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
* '' Quercus saravanensis'' — # China, Laos, Vietnam * ''
Quercus schottkyana ''Quercus schottkyana'' is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It has been found in southwestern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of th ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus semiserrata ''Quercus semiserrata'' is an Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in northeastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Yunnan, and Tibet. This species is a component of tropical wet foothill forests in northern ...
'' — # China,
Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...
, India, Myanmar, Thailand * '' Quercus sessilifolia'' — # Japan, Taiwan, China * ''
Quercus setulosa ''Quercus setulosa'' is the accepted name of an oak species in genus ''Quercus'' of the family Fagaceae. It is now placed in section ''Ilex'' of subgenus ''Cerris''. Subspecies and Description The Catalogue of Life lists the following: * ''Q ...
'' Hickel & A.Camus — # Laos, Vietnam * ''
Quercus sichourensis ''Quercus sichourensis'' is a species of oak found only in Yunnan Province in China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding ...
'' — #
Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...
(China) * ''
Quercus stenophylloides ''Quercus stenophylloides'', also called Arisan oak, is a species of evergreen, broad-leaf tree endemic to Taiwan. Description ''Quercus stenophylloides'' can grow up to 15 m(49 ft) tall, with trunks up to 40 cm(16 in) wide. The ...
'' — # Taiwan * ''
Quercus stewardiana ''Quercus stewardiana'' is a species of tree in the Fagaceae, beech family. It is widespread across much of China (Anhui, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang). ''Quercus stewardiana'' is a tree up to 12 ...
'' — # China * '' Quercus subhinoidea'' — # China * '' Quercus subsericea'' — # Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines (Palawan) * ''
Quercus sumatrana ''Quercus sumatrana'' is an oak native to the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Indonesia and Malaysia. On Borneo, it is reported from Sarawak, Sabah and East Kalimantan. This is a very large emergent tree up to tall, growing in mixed dipteroca ...
'' — # Indonesia * ''
Quercus thorelii ''Quercus thorelii'' is an Asian species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "List of Quercus species#Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis, ring-cupped oak" sub-genus; the species is named after the French botanist Clovis Thorel. It has been found in Indo ...
'' — # China, Laos, Vietnam * ''
Quercus tomentosinervis ''Quercus tomentosinervis'' is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China (Guizhou, Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. Th ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus treubiana ''Quercus treubiana'' is a member of the ''Quercus'' (oak) genus, placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. It is found in the tropical mountain forests of Borneo and Sumatra at altitudes between 600 and 2200m. It is named for ...
'' — #
Sumatra Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
,
Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...
* '' Quercus xanthotricha'' — # China, Laos, Vietnam * ''
Quercus yingjiangensis ''Quercus yingjiangensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in southwestern China in the Province of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic ...
'' — # China * ''
Quercus yonganensis ''Quercus yonganensis'' is a species of oak native to southeast China. It is in the subgenus ''Cyclobalanopsis An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately ...
'' — # China


Sources

* Ohwi, J. ''Flora of Japan'', 1984. * Soepadmo, E., Julia, S., & Rusea G. Fagaceae. In ''Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak,'' Volume 3, 2006. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Quercus Species *
Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...
Quercus An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' (; Latin "oak tree") of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oaks. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably '' ...