Quercus salicifolia is a species of oak. It is native to central and southern Mexico and Central America, from Jalisco to Panama.Berendsohn, W.G., A. K. Gruber & J. A. Monterrosa Salomón. 2009. Nova silva cuscatlanica. Árboles nativos e introducidos de El Salvador. Parte 1: Angiospermae - Familias A a L. Englera 29(1): 1–438Morales Quirós, J. F. 2015. Santalaceae. En: Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica. Vol. VIII. B.E. Hammel, M.H. Grayum, C. Herrera & N. Zamora (eds.). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 131: 13–36Correa A., M.D., C. Galdames & M. Stapf. 2004. Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares de Panamá 1–599. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panamá
Description Quercus salicifolia is a tree up to tall, with a trunk up to in diameter. The leaves are narrowly lance-shaped, up to long, with no teeth or lobes.McVaugh, R. 1974. Flora Novo-Galiciana: Fagaceae. Contributions from the University of Michigan Herbarium 12:77-80 in English, with line drawing on page 78Née, Luis 1801. Anales de Ciencias Naturales 3: 265-267 short diagnosis in Latin, description and commentary in Spanish
The epithet "salicifolia" means "willow-leaved" alluding to the resemblance between the leaves of Q. salicifolia and those of several species of Salix.
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External links photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Panamá in 1938