It grows in dry forests and pastureland of lowest North America and of Central America, from Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica to Tamaulipas, Mexico.
Quercus robur | Quercus ilex | Quercus petraea | Quercus alba | Quercus cerris | Quercus virginiana | Quercus rubra | Quercus garryana | Quercus acutissima | Quercus palustris | Quercus minima | Quercus fusiformis | Quercus castaneifolia | Quercus agrifolia | sand live oak (''Quercus geminata'') | Quercus × warei | ''Quercus'' × ''warei'' | Quercus suber | ''Quercus robur'' | Quercus peninsularis | Quercus lusitanica | Quercus lobata | Quercus laceyi | Quercus ilicifolia | Quercus hemisphaerica | Quercus havardii | Quercus glauca | Quercus frainetto | Quercus engelmannii | Quercus copeyensis |