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Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree that grows up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall. Leaves are 60–110 × 18–40 mm with serrulate margins; the petiole is 10–25 mm long. The acorns are ovoid to ellipsoid, 14–25 × 10–15 mm, and glabrous with a rounded apex; the flat scar is approx. 6 mm in diameter.
Like shirakashi (白樫 - しらかし) (Quercus myrsinifolia), whose wood is often called shirokashi outside of Japan, and other related sub-genera, Japanese Evergreen Oak, or akagashi, is a preferred choice for Japanese martial arts practice weapons such as bokken.
Quercus lobata Née – valley oak or California white oak – California; Quercus lusitanica Lam. – gall oak or Lusitanian oak – Iberia, North Africa; Quercus lyrata Walter – overcup oak – eastern North America; Quercus × macdonaldii Greene & Kellogg – California; Quercus macdougallii Martínez – Mexico; Quercus macranthera Fisch ...
Valley oak (Quercus lobata) - the largest of these, found in valley regions. 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.
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]
California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia), a widespread species commonly referred to as scrub oak; Coastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), although currently defined in a narrow sense, has been applied to other scrub oaks now considered separate species; Other California species referred to as "scrub oaks" Leather oak (Quercus durata)
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The majestic California live oaks were such an impressive presence in the pre-urban Encino that the community was named after the Spanish word for "oak". The Encino oak was the most magnificent of the community's oaks, so large that Louise Avenue was split to accommodate its enormous 150-foot (46 m) canopy, 8-foot (2.4 m) diameter, and 24-foot ...