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Channel Island scrub oak

Quercus pacifica

Also called Island Scrub Oak, Pacific Oak

Channel Island scrub oak
Photo: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
California (Santa Cruz I., Santa Catalina I., Santa Rosa I.)
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus pacifica is a species of oak known by the common names island scrub oak, Channel Island scrub oak, and Pacific oak.

Where it grows

It is endemic to the Channel Islands of California, where it is known from the islands of Santa Cruz, Santa Rosa, and Santa Catalina. The islands of Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa are part of Channel Islands National Park.

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 pacifica 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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