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Mexican blue oak

Quercus oblongifolia

Mexican blue oak
Photo: AZoaktree, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Water
Drought tolerant
Native range
Arizona to W. Texas and N. Mexico
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus oblongifolia, commonly known as the Southwestern blue oak, Arizona blue oak, Blue live oak or Sonoran blue oak, is an evergreen small tree or large shrub in the white oak group.

How to grow it

Arizona blue oak "Quercus oblongifolia" popularity in landscaping has been increasing in California with many plantings at Apple Park and other Bay area plantings. The fast growth and beautiful blue foliage makes selections from trees in Arizona the best for cultivation.

Where it grows

Quercus oblongifolia grows in high grasslands, canyons and mesas in southwestern United States (Texas, Arizona and New Mexico) and northwestern Mexico (Baja California Sur, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Sinaloa and Sonora states). Arizona blue oak is closely related to Engelmann oak "Quercus engelmannii" in Southern California. The two species may be conspecific.

Other Quercus plants

Quercus acatenangensis · Mapleleaf oak · Quercus acherdophylla · Quercus acrodonta · Quercus aculcingensis · Red Wood Evergreen Oak · Quercus acutangula · Quercus acutifolia · Sawtooth oak · Quercus aerea · African Oak · Quercus affinis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus oblongifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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