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Quercus durata (California Scrub Oak, Leather Oak; syn. Quercus dumosa revoluta Sarg.) is an oak endemic to California. This plant is classified as one of the shrub oaks due to its smaller size. It often used as an urban tree and medicinal plant. In the wild, Quercus durata usually grows in serpentine soils, often with manzanita in the chaparral of the Coast Ranges from Klamath to San Luis Obispo. There are outlying populations in the Sierras and the San Gabriel Mountains. CNPS considers the San Gabriel population to be a rare variety. In the garden this plant does not require serpentine soil and can tolerate garden soil as well as drought and clay-rich soils. However, it is best adapted to relatively dry, rocky, nutrient-poor soil. Most individuals remain short, under 15 feet, and have small, densely organized leaves.
Tree, Shrub
3 - 12 ft Tall
3 - 12 ft Wide
Mounding
Slow
Evergreen
None
Cream, Green
Spring
Bank stabilization, Hedge
Full Sun
Low, Very Low
Max 2x / month once established
Moderate
Tolerates cold to -5° F
Medium
Although often found in serpentine soil, it is tolerant of other soils as long as nutrient level is low and drainage is adequate.
Tolerates serpentine soil..
Soil PH: 6.0 - 7.0
From acorns. For propagating by seed: Fresh seeds sow in fall outdoors or stratify to hold for spring sowing. (USDA Forest Service 1974).
Typically found as part of chaparral in rocky, foothill or mountainous areas
Chaparral, Foothill Woodland
Use with other plants of the mountainous chaparral and woodlands, such as Madrone (Arbutus menziesii), Coast Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens), Manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), Ceanothus spp., Toyon (Heteromeles arbutifolia), Laurel Sumac (Malosma laurina), various annuals and geophytes.
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Likely
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Confirmed
Acrobasis caliginella
Admetovis similaris
Aethaloida packardaria
Pink-spotted Hawk Moth
Agrius cingulata
Asparagus
Asparagus officinalis
Canola
Brassica napus
Strawberries
Fragaria
Cotton
Gossypium