Quercus crassifolia is a species of oak. It is widespread in Mexico from Sonora and Chihuahua to Veracruz and Chiapas.SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter distribution map and photos of herbarium specimensBreedlove, D.E. 1986. Flora de Chiapas. Listados Florísticos de México 4: i–v, 1–246Romero Rangel, S., E. C. Rojas Zenteno & M. L. Aguilar Enríquez. 2002. El género Quercus (Fagaceae) en el estado de México. Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 89(4): 551–593 in Spanish It has also been found in Guatemala.McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12(1,3): 1–93
It is a shrub or small tree sometimes reaching as much as in height. The shoots are covered with many yellow or light brown branching hairs. The leaves are broadly egg-shaped with the widest part distant from the stem, up to long, with 6–12 pointed teeth on each side. People of the region use the wood to make tool handles and farm implements.Bonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: 49-50 diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in FrenchBonpland, Aimé Jacques Alexandre. 1809. Plantae Aequinoctiales 2: plate 91 drawing of Quercus crassifoliaOaks of the World
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Nuevo León in 1993