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Quercus pacifica
Quercus pacifica Nixon & C.H. Mull.
Channel Island Scrub Oak, Island Scrub Oak
Fagaceae (Beech family)
Synonym(s):
USDA Symbol: QUPA6
USDA Native Status: L48 (N)
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Plant Characteristics
Duration: PerennialHabit: Shrub , Tree
Leaf Retention: Semi-evergreen
Fruit Type: Nut
Size Notes: Up to about 6 feet tall. Rarely up to about 15 feet tall.
Fruit: Acorns solitary or paired, acute-cylindric or fusiform. Cup hemispheric to turbinate, enclosing 1/4-1/2 nut.
Bloom Information
Bloom Color: Green , BrownBloom Time: Mar , Apr
Distribution
USA: CANative Habitat: Chaparral, oak woodlands, margins of grasslands, understory in closed-cone pine stands.
Web Reference
Webref 30 - Calflora (2018) CalfloraWebref 3 - Flora of North America (2014) Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
Additional resources
USDA: Find Quercus pacifica in USDA PlantsFNA: Find Quercus pacifica in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Quercus pacifica
Metadata
Record Modified: 2020-11-02Research By: CBR