Quercus tarahumara (also called Tarahumara oak) is a species of tree in the beech family. It grows in the Sierra Madre Occidental in the Mexican States of Chihuahua, Sonora, Durango, and Sinaloa. Some of the populations lie within the territory occupied by the Tarahumara people, after whom the species is named.Spellenberg, Richard William, Bacon, John Dudley, & Breedlove, Dennis E. 1995. Madroño 42: 28SEINet, Southwestern Biodiversity, Arizona chapter photos, distribution map It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae.
