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Quercus berberidifolia, the California scrub oak, is a small evergreen or semi-evergreen shrubby oak in the white oak section of Quercus. It is a native of the scrubby hills of California , and is a common member of chaparral ecosystems.
California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia), a widespread species commonly referred to as scrub oak; Coastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), although currently defined in a narrow sense, has been applied to other scrub oaks now considered separate species; Other California species referred to as "scrub oaks" Leather oak (Quercus durata)
The name Quercus dumosa was formerly widely applied to nearly all the scrub oaks of the white oak group of California and Baja California. The concept of this species has gradually narrowed as phylogenetic research and taxonomic treatments have segregated out several species. Oaks previously placed under Q. dumosa include: [5] Q. turbinella
It is the dominant oak in many areas on Catalina Island. [5] It was described as a new species in 1994 from a specimen collected on Santa Cruz Island. [ 6 ] More than a century earlier, the same plant was described as a variety of Quercus dumosa ; [ 7 ] the 1994 name is nevertheless the correct name for the plant when recognized as a species ...
Coastal scrub and Torrey pine in Torrey Pines State Natural Reserve, San Diego. California oak woodland occurs in moist areas usually up to 4,900 feet (1,500 m). [6] [5]: 387 These woodlands include oak species, such as coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis), and Engelmann's oak (Quercus engelmannii).
The flora of this ecoregion also includes tree species such as gray or foothill pine (Pinus sabiniana), scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), California buckeye (Aesculus californica), the rare Gowen cypress (Cupressus goveniana), the rare Monterey cypress (Cupressus macrocarpa), and a wealth of endemic plant species, including the extremely rare San ...
Quercus berberidifolia – California scrub oak; Quercus wislizenii – Interior live oak (scrub form) Rhamnus alnifolia – Alderleaf buckthorn; Rhamnus californica (Frangula californica) – Coffeeberry; Rhamnus crocea – Redberry buckthorn; Ribes amarum – Bitter gooseberry (ca-endemic) Ribes aureum – Golden currant; Ribes malvaceum ...
Island oak woodland is found on the California Channel Islands, and is made up primarily of island oak (Q. tomentella) and coast live oak, together with canyon live oak, MacDonald scrub oak (Q. berberidifolia) hybridized with valley or other oaks), Catalina ironwood (Lyonothamnus floribundus), and bishop pine (Pinus muricata).