The genus Quercus (in the family Fagaceae) contains more than 420 species and a great number of subspecies and natural hybrids, the great majority of which are found naturally in North America and Asia. In turn, this proliferation of species is represented by an enormous amount of morphological diversity

…in the leaves

P1060769.Q. coccolobifolia

…in the flowers and acorns

BEATRICE CHASSE.ARBORETUM des POUYOULEIX.Quercus depressa en fleurs. P1190600.depressa

P1250086.BCHMX22.11.insignis Jalisco

…in habit and size: from 30 cm tall to more than 50 m, from shrubs to clonal colonies

P1270649.myrsinifolia

P1270643.variabilis

P1210264.Q. striatula and agave. SLP

Close cousins

The Arboretum has also developed collections of other species in the sister genera to Quercus, in the family Fagaceae (Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Notholithocarpus).