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Leaves Sedona area
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Flowers and leaves Oak Creek Cyn
Max Licher @http://swbiodiversity.org, Usage Rights: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) | Leaves Gaddis Canyon, W of Camp Verde
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Origin: Native Similar Species: Quercus chrysolepis, Quercus dunnii
General Description: Evergreen. Thicket-forming small tree or shrub with several small trunks. Trunk to 4 inches in diameter.
Identification notes: Shrubby growth form. Leaf blades elliptic to round, grayish-green above, yellowish to whitish below, margins wavy and spiny, but not lobed, mostly without hairs, leaf veins sometimes prominent on upper surface.
Height: 20 feet Width: 20 feet
Habitat Description: Habitat includes dry slopes and canyons in chaparral and pinyon juniper woodland, common in the foothills of the Verde Valley and on drier slopes of the surrounding mountains.
Plant Communities: Interior Chaparral, Pinyon Juniper Woodland
Elevation: 3500 - 6000 feet
Color: Yellow Shape: Inconspicuous in elongated clusters
Tubular: N Flowering Period: Apr - May
Description: Very small. Males flowers in drooping clusters, females clusters in short spikes.
Leaf Color: Dark yellowish-green Type: Simple Shape: Round or oval Margin: Toothed Attachment: Alternate Hairs: Bottom of leaves
Description: Stiff, leathery, and brittle. Edges are wavy with sharp spine-teeth. Upper surface is shiny, waxy, and dark yellowish-green in color. Bottom surface is grayish-green and coated with glandular hairs.
Color: Light brown Type: Acorn or acorn-like Description: Acorns are egg-shaped to 1-1/2 inches long with an oversized cup and coated with golden hairs. Cap is flattened and nearly plate shaped. Matures after 2 years.
Bark Color: Dark gray Bark Texture (Mature): Scaly Bark and Branch Description: Dark gray, with many scaly, narrow plates between fissures, young growth often covered with orange colored glandular hairs; older twigs lose most of their hairs.
Spines, thorns or prickles: Y |
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