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Early settlers used a variety of common names for the valley oak including: white oak, bottom oak, swamp oak, water oak and mush oak. The Spaniards, because the tree looked like the white oaks in Europe, called the tree "roble". The Concow tribe call the acorns lō-ē’ (Konkow language). [11]
Quercus alba, the white oak, is one of the preeminent hardwoods of eastern and central North America. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. [3]
– California scrub oak – # California; Quercus bicolor Willd. – swamp white oak – eastern and midwestern North America; Quercus × bimundorum E.J.Palmer — two worlds oak; Quercus boyntonii Beadle – Boynton's post oak – south central North America; Quercus canariensis Willd. – Mirbeck's oak or Algerian oak – # North Africa & Spain
Common name Scientific name Image Year Alabama: ... California: Coast redwood: Sequoia sempervirens: 1937 [8] [9] ... White oak: Quercus alba: 1973 [20] Indiana:
It is commonly known as the Garry oak, Oregon white oak or Oregon oak. It grows from sea level to an altitude of 690 feet (210 metres) in the northern part of its range, and from 980 to 5,900 ft (300 to 1,800 m) in the south of the range in California. [4] The eponymous Nicholas Garry was deputy governor of the Hudson's Bay Company.
The common name "oak" is from Old English ac ... California, is at least 1000 ... [44] and most common in the white oak group. White oaks cannot discriminate against ...
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.
The composition and characteristics of California oak woodlands varies across the state, but are defined by three main oak species throughout coastal regions: coastal live oak, Englemann oak, and Oregon white oak. [5] [6] The concentration of each of these oak species correlates with the location of the woodland throughout California. [7]