Quercus candicans

Quercus candicans is a Mesoamerican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is native to central and southern Mexico (Chihuahua, Chiapas, Colima, Durango, Guerrero, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico City, Mexico State, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Sinaloa, Sonora, Veracruz) and Guatemala. It grows from 1,200 to 2,700 m of altitude in wet montane forests, preferring calcareous soils. Quercus candicans is a deciduous tree 8 to 25 meters tall with a trunk as much as 100 cm in diameter. Leaves are stiff and leathery, rigid, up to 235 mm long, egg-shaped with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.