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Leather Oak (Quercus durata var. durata)
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Shrub
Yellow
White
Petals Not Obvious
Alternate
Typical Height
Evergreen
Has Catkins
CA Endemic
Description
Height 3 - 12 ft.
EW Bloom May - Jul
Leather oak is a shrub that does well in poor soils and dry conditions.
Leaves are leathery, hairy and spiny.
It's often found with manzanita in
serpentine
chaparral
.
CA native. Found only in California.
Beech Family (Fagaceae)
Leaves are tough and leathery, curled under, and have spiny teeth on the margins.
Leather Oak is a dense leafy shrub, and is often found in
serpentine
chaparral
.
Leaves are covered in hair. Acorn caps are bumpy and rough.
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Leather Oak is generally found on [[serpentine]] soil, often near manzanitas, in [[chaparral]] of the coast ranges. [[Evergreen]] leaves grow close ...
Leaves are tough and leathery, and often turn under at the edges. Margins have spine-tipped teeth.
Leaves are hairy on their stalks and on both sides. Acorns form on new growth and mature in one season.
Male flowers appear on drooping [[catkins]]. When they are mature, their dried out [[anther]] sacs split open, releasing thousands of pollen spor ...
Acorns start green and turn brown when they're mature. They have a rough, bumpy cap that does not cover much of the acorn. Like others in the Wh ...