Quercus garryana var. garryana
EndemicIllustrated
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 3.
Trees, to 20 m, trunks usually solitary. Twigs yellowish or brown, persistently puberulent, with spreading hairs. Buds yellowish or cream, usually fusiform, 6-12 mm, apex acute, densely pubescent. Leaf blade abaxially light green, velvety to touch, sparsely to densely covered with erect simple and (2-)4-5(-6)-rayed hairs 0.3-1 mm.
Phenology: Flowering spring.
Habitat: Oak woodlands, margins of redwood forests, mixed evergreen forests
Elevation: 0-800 m
Distribution
B.C., Calif., Oreg., Wash.
Discussion
Quercus garryana var. garryana possibly extends to Los Angeles County as isolated trees in riparian situations.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.