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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 ...
In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several metres high. [ 4 ] It has oval to egg-shaped, sharply toothed, dull green leaves which are 1.4–3 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches) long [ 3 ] and 1–2 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) broad ...
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, may be threatened by a proposed development, environmentalists say.
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.
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.