| Quercus carmenensis | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Quercus |
| Species: | Q. carmenensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus carmenensis C.H.Mull. | |
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 1,500–1,950 metres (4,920–6,400 feet). It is a deciduous species with gray bark and red twigs. The leaves are lanceolate with irregular lobing along the margins.
References
- NRCS. "Quercus carmenensis". PLANTS Database. United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- "Quercus carmenensis". The Encyclopedia of Life.
- Muller, Cornelius Herman. 1937. American Midland Naturalist 18(5): 847.
- Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus carmenensis". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.