[1] It is a shrub or small tree to 10 m, occurring in mountain valleys and canyons up to 3000 m.[1] It is placed in section Lobatae.

[2] Leaves are 5–8 cm, flat, leathery and hairy, with pointed tips and 2–5 pairs of teeth.

Fruits are 1.5 cm acorns, stemless, ovoid, with hairy cupules, maturing in a year.

Mature bark is reddish; young twigs are thin and hairy.

This article about plants in the genus Quercus is a stub.