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|accepted_name=Quercus lobata
|accepted_authority=Nee.
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Anales Ci. Nat.
|place=3: 277. 1801
|year=1801
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|common_names=Valley oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
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|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Quercus hindsii
|authority=Bentham
|rank=species
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|name=Quercus lobata var. hindsii
|authority=(Bentham) Wenzig
|rank=variety
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|name=Quercus longiglanda
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|rank=species
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|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Quercus;Quercus lobata
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Quercus sect. Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus lobata]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees,</b> deciduous, to 25(-35) m, usually with solitary trunks. <b>Bark</b> gray, scaly, deeply checkered in age. <b>Twigs</b> yellowish, gray, occasionally reddish, 2-4 mm diam., densely or sparsely tomentulose. <b>Buds</b> yellowish or light brown, ovoid, (2-)3-5(-6) mm, apex occasionally acute, densely pubescent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole 5-12 mm. <b>Leaf</b> blade broadly obovate or elliptic, moderately to deeply lobed, (40-)50-100(-120) × 30-60(-75) mm, base rounded-attenuate, cuneate, or truncate, rarely subcordate, margins with sinuses usually reaching more than 1/2 distance to midrib, lobes oblong or spatulate, obtuse, rounded, or blunt, secondary veins 5-10 on each side, apex broadly rounded; surfaces abaxially whitish or light green, densely to sparsely covered with interlocking appressed or semi-erect, 8-10(-14)-rayed stellate hairs, adaxially dark green or grayish, glossy or somewhat scurfy because of sparse stellate hairs. <b>Acorns</b> solitary or paired, subsessile; cup deeply cup-shaped, hemispheric or turbinate, rim thick, 10-30 mm deep × 14-30 mm wide, scales grayish or cream, more acute near rim, strongly and irregularly tuberculate, especially toward base of cup; nut light brown, oblong or fusiform, 30-60 × (12-)15-25 mm, tapering to acute or rounded apex. <b>Cotyledons</b> distinct.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Valley floors and moderate slopes, open grasslands, savannah and oak woodlands, riparian areas in chaparral
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|discussion=<p>Mature trees of <i>Quercus lobata</i> are among the largest oaks of the United States. The species hybridizes with numerous other species, but the hybrids are not common in most parts of its range. On Santa Cruz and Santa Catalina islands, however, occur extensive and relatively stable populations that show intermediate characteristics with <i>Q. pacifica</i> (see treatment). The hybrids have been given the name Q. ×macdonaldii, and they differ from <i>Q. lobata</i> in the following: leaf sinuses reaching less than half the distance to the midrib; leaves usually smaller, the lobes often more acute and brighter green; and acorns smaller, with more acute apices.</p><!--
--><p>The Yuri used <i>Quercus lobata</i> in the treatment of diarrhea (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus lobata
|authority=Nee.
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quercus hindsii;Quercus lobata var. hindsii;Quercus longiglanda
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering late winter–early spring.
|habitat=Valley floors and moderate slopes, open grasslands, savannah and oak woodlands, riparian areas in chaparral
|elevation=0-1700 m
|distribution=Calif.
|reference=None
|publication title=Anales Ci. Nat.
|publication year=1801
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
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|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Quercus
|species=Quercus lobata
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