Coast Live Oak, California Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

 3/20/2010 Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

 4/2/2010 Vista Grande Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve,

Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

3/24/17 Dripping Springs Campground, Agua Tibia Wilderness, 
Cleveland National Forest, Riverside County, CA

LIFE LIST NOTES:

COMMON NAME: Coast Live Oak, California Live Oak

SPECIES: Quercus agrifolia

FAMILY: Fagaceae (Oak Family)

LIFE LIST DATE: 3/20/2010

LOCATION: Trans Preserve Trail, Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve, Murrieta, SW Riverside County, CA

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Treatment from Jepson eFlora:

NATIVE

Leaf: abaxially glabrous to sparsely hairy except vein axils hair-tufted. 

Ecology: Valleys, slopes, mixed-evergreen forest, woodland; 

Elevation: < 1440 m. 

Bioregional Distribution: NCoRO, NCoRI, ScV, CW, SW; 

Distribution Outside California: Baja California. 

Flowering Time: Mid Jan--Apr 

Note:Hybridizes with Quercus kelloggii (Quercus ×chasei), Quercus parvula var. shrevei, Quercus wislizeni.  

Synonyms: Quercus agrifolia var. frutescens Engelm.; 

eFlora Treatment Author: Thomas J. Rosatti & John M. Tucker