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Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak that is found in Mexico and in the western United States, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This tree is often found near creeks and drainage swales growing in moist cool microhabitats. Its leaves are ...
Aceria mackiei, previously Eriophyes mackiei, the live oak erineum mite, is an abundant eriophyoid mite that produces leaf-blister galls on coast live oak, interior live oak, huckleberry oak, and canyon live oak. [1] This mite's ability to induce galls in oaks of both the black oak group and the intermediate oak group is unique. [1]
Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis), along with; Giant chinquapin (Chrysolepis chrysophylla). On steep, well drained slopes, canyon live oak is the dominant species, with coast Douglas-fir in a minor role. On serpentine soils, mixed evergreen forests are made up of: moister areas
Live oak was widely used in early American butt shipbuilding.Because of the trees' short height and low-hanging branches, lumber from live oaks was used in curved parts of the frame, such as knee braces (single-piece, L-shaped braces that spring inward from the side and support the deck), in which the grain runs perpendicular to structural stress, making for exceptional strength.
Douglas-fir and Port Orford cedar occur on lower slopes, grading into Douglas-fir and tanoak, or higher areas with canyon live oak. Red and white alder are typical along streams. Mixed oak stands occur on drier sites. The ecoregion generally is wetter and has a somewhat denser forest landscape than the drier Ecoregion 78k to the east. [7]
Leather oak (Quercus durata) - an evergreen shrub endemic to serpentine chaparral. Blue oak (Quercus douglasii) - in the Central Valley foothills and Coast Ranges. California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) - in the higher hills and mountains. Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) - found mainly in northern mountainous regions.
— Toumey oak — # southwest New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, northern Mexico; Quercus tuberculata Liebm. — Mexico; Quercus turbinella Greene — turbinella oak, Arizona Blue Shrub oak, Shrub live oak or scrub live oak — # southwestern North America; Quercus vaseyana Buckley — Vasey oak — # southwestern North America; Quercus verde C ...
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).