Quercus durata

Quercus durata
	var. durata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:	Q. durata
Binomial name
	Quercus durata; Jeps.
Synonyms
	Quercus dumosa var. bullata Engelm.; Quercus dumosa subsp. durata (Jeps.) A.Camus; Quercus dumosa var. revoluta Sarg.;

Quercus durata, the California scrub oak, or leather oak, is an oak endemic to California.

Quercus durata var. durata is a strict serpentine endemic that grows in the Coast Ranges and northern Sierra Nevada. It is often a component of serpentine chaparral.^[2]

Quercus durata is an evergreen shrub occasionally reaching 3 meters (10 feet) in height but usually much shorter. Leaves are rarely flat, usually cupped, with a thick layer of small branching hairs on the underside making it feel like felt.^[3]^[4]

Cultivation

Quercus durata is often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Quercus durata Jeps.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ "Quercus durata". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus durata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ C. Michael Hogan. 2010. Leather Oak, Quercus durata. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and Environment. Washington DC

External links

Jepson Manual treatment
Quercus durata in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley

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[1] "Quercus durata Jeps.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[2] "Quercus durata". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.

[3] Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus durata". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[4] C. Michael Hogan. 2010. Leather Oak, Quercus durata. Encyclopedia of Earth. National Council for Science and Environment. Washington DC

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