Quercus chrysolepis (Canyon oak)
Other names: Maul oak, Golden cup oak, Canyon live oak, Californian live oak
Q. chrysolepis is a spreading, evergreen tree or shrub with scaly, whitish-grey or red-flushed bark, ovate to elliptic, spiny-toothed, leathery, glossy, mid- to dark green leaves, grey- or yellow-hairy beneath, and oblong to ovoid, sharp-tipped acorns in felted cups.
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10m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus virginiana (Southern live oak)
Other names: Virginia live oak, Bay live oak, Scrub live oak, Plateau oak, Plateau live oak, Escarpment live oak, Encino, Coastal live oak
Q. virginiana is a tender, variable, spreading, semi-evergreen tree with stiff, leathery, glossy, elliptic to narrowly ovate, dark green leaves and catkins of green flowers followed by small, oblong, glossy, dark brown fruit.
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25m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
Other names: Cork tree
Q. suber is a half-hardy, rounded, evergreen tree with thick, ridged, corky bark and ovate to oblong, toothed, rigid, glossy, dark green leaves, grey-hairy beneath. Small catkins of insignificant yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by ovoid to oblong acorns.
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20m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus engelmannii (Mesa oak)
Other names: Mesa live oak, Engelman oak, Pasadena oak
Q. engelmannii is a borderline hardy, spreading, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree with thick, leathery, oval to oblong, dull blue-green leaves and insignificant, pale yellow flowers in spring followed by ovoid to cylindrical, round-tipped acorns, half-enclosed with a warty cap.
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30m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
Other names: Evergreen oak, Holly-leaved oak, Holly-oak, Ilex
Q. ilex is a large evergreen tree forming a dense crown of rounded leaves and inconspicuous yellow-green catkins in spring followed by characteristic acorns.
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12m max. spread |
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15m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus agrifolia (California live oak)
Other names: Coast live oak, Encina
Q. agrifolia is a dense, spreading, evergreen tree with ridged, grey bark, oval, convex, spiny-toothed, glossy, dark green leaves and slender, ovoid, pointed acorns enclosed by a cap with thin, overlapping scales.
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10m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus wislizenii (Interior live oak)
Other names: Highland live oak, Sierra live oak, Quercus wislizeni
Q. wislizenii is a spreading, variable, borderline hardy, evergreen shrub or small tree with broadly elliptic to broadly lance-shaped, spiny-toothed or smooth, glossy, dark green leaves and oblong to ellipsoid, green acorns ripening brown.
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12m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak)
Other names: Lusitanian oak, Rebollo, Quejigo, Carvalho
Q. faginea is a spreading, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree with leathery, oblong to elliptic, glossy, toothed, dark or grey-green leaves, white-felted beneath, and pale yellow catkins in spring followed oblong to ovoid acorns.
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15m max. spread |
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20m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Quercus coccifera (Kermes oak)
Q. coccifera is a slow-growing, bushy, rounded to spreading, evergreen shrub or small tree with ovate, oblong, or lance-shaped, glossy, dark green leaves with spiny, margins and insignificant, yellow-green flowers in spring. Female flowers are followed small, spherical or ovoid acorns with spiny cups.
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5m max. spread |
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5m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
Lithocarpus edulis (Japanese stone oak)
Other names: Pasania edulis , Quercus edulis, Quercus glabra, Quercus laevigata, Japanese tanbark oak, Japanese false oak
L. edulis is a rounded to broadly spreading evergreen tree with oblong, veined, glossy, leathery, dark green leaves and erect spikes of pale yellow-green flowers in spring are followed by orange-brown acorns.
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8m max. spread |
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10m max. height |
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20-50 years to maturity |
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