Quercus diversifolia is an uncommon North American species of oak native to central Mexico. It is a small tree native to Mexico State in central Mexico, and possibly to the neighboring states of Puebla and Guanajuato. It grows in humid montane pine, pine–oak, and oyamel forests from 2,500 to 2,800 metres elevation.
Quercus diversifolia is a shrub or small tree tall. The leaves are green on the upper surface, yellow-brown on the underside, with wavy edges.Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 270-271 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in SpanishBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 51-53 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in French, as Quercus ambiguaBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plant 93 full-page drawing, as Quercus ambigua
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photo of herbarium specimen collected in Nuevo León in 1988