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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 kelloggii – California black oak; Canyon live oak; Arbutus menziesii – Pacific madrone (localized in the central Sierras) Moist wet-side forests Indicator species trees Sequoiadendron giganteum – Giant sequoia (sn-endemic) Pinus ponderosa – Ponderosa pine; Other trees Abies concolor – White fir; Acer macrophyllum – Bigleaf maple
Scrub oak is a common name for several species of small, shrubby oaks. It may refer to: It may refer to: the Chaparral plant community in California, or to one of the following species.
Quercus grisea, commonly known as the gray oak, shin oak or scrub oak, is a North American species deciduous or evergreen shrub or medium-sized tree in the white oak group. It is native to the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. [ 3 ]
Quercus pungens, commonly known as the sandpaper oak or scrub oak, is a North American species evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub or small tree in the white oak group. There is one recognised variety, Quercus pungens var. vaseyana , the Vasey shin oak . [ 3 ]
Quercus turbinella is a North American species of oak known by the common names shrub oak, turbinella oak, shrub live oak, and gray oak. [4] [5] [6] It is native to Arizona, California, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and Nevada in the western United States. [4] It also occurs in northern Mexico. [7] Arizona shrub oak acorns. Quercus turbinella.
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Higher up the Utah juniper and Sonoran scrub oak [8] (also called scrub live oak) [9] come to dominate. Agave is easy to spot in red rock niches, with its thick, low leaves and flowering stem reaching twice a man's height. The Calico Tanks trail has a plaque about prehistoric agave roasting pits.