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Bark: The name 'cherrybark' comes from its similarity to the bark of black cherry. The bark is gray and has scaly, narrow ridges. [3] Close-up view of stellate hairs on leaf underside. Foliage: The name pagoda refers to the tiered shape of cherrybark's leaves, which are reminiscent of the shape of a pagoda. Its simple, alternate leaves ...
Common names for Quercus sinuata var. breviloba are Bigelow oak, Bigelow's oak, shallow-lobed oak, white shin oak, scaly-bark oak, limestone Durand oak, and shortlobe oak. Other common names include scrub oak or shin oak , but these names may refer to a number of other low growing, clump forming oak species, subspecies or varieties.
Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, [3] or coast live oak, is an evergreen [4] live oak native to the California Floristic Province.Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true deciduous tree. [5]
Of California's total plant population, 2,153 species, subspecies, and varieties are endemic and native to California alone, according to the 1993 Jepson Manual study. [4] This botanical diversity stems not only from the size of the state, but also its diverse topographies , climates, and soils (e.g. serpentine outcrops ).
California live oak; coastal live oak Fagaceae (beech family) 801 Quercus alba: white oak Fagaceae (beech family) 802 Quercus arkansana: Arkansas oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus austrina: bastard white oak Fagaceae (beech family) Quercus bicolor: swamp white oak Fagaceae (beech family) 804 Quercus brantii: Brant's oak Fagaceae (beech family ...
California's oldest tree, a Palmer's oak thought to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old, ... conservation chair of the California Native Plant Society's Riverside/San Bernardino chapter, walks near the ...
Oregon oak woodland is found in Northern California's Klamath-Siskiyou, Northern Coast Ranges, and southern Cascade Range.These woodlands are composed primarily of Oregon oak (Q. garryana), interior live oak (Q. wislizeni), and coast live oak, together with California black oak, canyon live oak, blue oak, Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii), California bay (Umbellularia californica), incense ...
A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. The plant, which looks like a sprawling, dark green shrub, is now at the center of a development battle.