It is native to mountain cloud forests in eastern Mexico.

[3] Quercus germana is a small to medium-sized tree, and can reach 12 metres (39 ft) in height.

Quercus germana is endemic to eastern and northeastern Mexico, in Sierra Madre Oriental of (north to south) Tamaulipas, San Luis Potosí, Querétaro, Veracruz, Hidalgo, and Puebla states, and the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of Puebla, Veracruz, and Oaxaca states.

It is an IUCN Red List least concern species, threatened by habitat loss.

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