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Quercus castanea

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Wikipedia Abstract

Quercus castanea is a Mexican species of oak tree in the family beech family. It is widespread across much of Mexico from Sonora to Chiapas. Quercus castanea is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with a trunk as much as 80 cm in diameter. Leaves are thick and leathery, up to 116 mm long, elliptical with numerous pointed teeth along the edges.
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Predators

Melanerpes formicivorus (Acorn Woodpecker)[1]
Protodiaspis infidelis[2]
Protodiaspis signata[2]

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Citations

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♦ 1DIET OF ACORN WOODPECKERS AT LA PRIMAVERA FOREST, JALISCO, MEXICO, VERONICA CAROLINA ROSAS-ESPINOZA, ELISA MAYA-ELIZARRARAS, OSCAR FRANCISCO REYNA BUSTOS AND FRANCISCO MARTIN HUERTA-MARTINEZ, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology 120(3):494–498, 2008
♦ 2Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0