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Island live oak

Quercus tomentella

Also called Island Oak, Channel Island Oak

Island live oak
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Island live oak is an evergreen oak tree, native to a few Channel Islands of California and Guadalupe Island in Mexico, that can reach about 20 m. It is a species, not a genus, and is grown mainly in mild coastal gardens; it needs good drainage and tolerates wind.

Family
Fagaceae (Beech & oak family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water deeply but infrequently once established; avoid soggy soil.
Soil
Well-drained soil, tolerant of poor and sandy soils.
Temperature
Mild climates; tolerates cool coastal conditions, cold limit roughly -7 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
California (Channel Is.) to Mexico (Baja California), Guadalupe
Climate
subtropical

About

Quercus tomentella, the island oak, island live oak, or Channel Island oak, is an oak in the section Protobalanus. It is native to six islands: five of the Channel Islands of California and Guadalupe Island, part of Baja California.

It is placed in Quercus section Protobalanus.

Where it grows

It is native to six islands: five of the Channel Islands of California (Anacapa Island, San Clemente Island, Santa Catalina Island, Santa Cruz Island, and Santa Rosa Island) and Guadalupe Island, part of the State of Baja California.

Other Quercus plants

Quercus affinis · Coast Live Oak · White Oak · Golden Oak · Scrub oak · Brant's oak · Turkey Oak · Canyon Live Oak · Scarlet Oak · Daimyo oak · Blue oak · Leather oak

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Quercus tomentella by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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