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Plant - winter Oak Creek Cyn
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Origin: Native Similar Species: Quercus dunnii
General Description: Evergreen. Grows as a tree or shrub 15 to 80 feet tall, 1 to 3 feet in diameter, short trunk, large branches nearly horizontal and a rounded, broad crown. Slow growing.
Identification notes: Evergreen tree with wide spreading branches, larger branch almost horizontal. Leaves broadly elliptic or ovate, pointed at the summit, not strongly veined, margins not lobed to deeply toothed.
Height: 15 to 80 feet Width: 10 to 40 feet
Habitat Description: Mountain ridges, canyons, and moist slopes.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland, Montane Conifer Forest, Riparian
Elevation: 3500 - 7500 feet
Color: Brownish, greenish Shape: Inconspicuous in elongated clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Apr - May
Description: Mostly wind-pollinated, flowers reduced; male flowers in heads or catkins, greenish, stamens 7 to 9; female flowers solitary or in groups of 3 or more, stigmas red, subtended by brown bracts that turn into woody caps which enclose or subtend the acorns.
Leaf Color: Dark green, grayish Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Bottom of leaves
Description: Oblong to elliptical, thick and leathery, flat and 1 to 3-1/2 inches long. Tip is pointed. Margins may be smooth or toothed on the same branch. Dark green and shiny above while lower surfaces are paler, grayish, and covered with yellow hairs.
Color: Light brown Type: Acorn or acorn-like Description: An elongated, egg-shaped acorn with a shallow, scaly cap and 1/2 to 1-1/2 inches long. Remains on the tree for 2 to 4 seasons. Mature between August and October.
Bark Color: Gray or grayish-brown Bark Texture (Mature): Smooth Bark and Branch Description: Mostly smooth but may develop small, tight scales with age. Twigs are slender, rigid or flexible. Fuzzy when young but becoming smooth with age.
Spines, thorns or prickles: N |
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