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SHRUB LIVE OAK 



Quer'cus turbinel'la, syn. Q. dumo'sa turbinel'la 



Acorns annual (maturing the first sea- 

 son), rather slender, about % to 1 in. 

 long, abruptly sharp-pointed at tip; 

 inside of the shell hairless 



Cup small, top-shaped (turbinate), 

 the scales thin 



Leaves alternate, % to 1% in. long, 

 evergreen, somewhat leathery, bluish 

 green above, tawny and strongly net- 

 veined and somewhat hairy beneath, 

 variable in outline from oblong to 

 oval, with few to many spine-tipped 

 teeth along the margins 



Stems shrubby, usually 3 to 6 (occa- 

 sionally 10) ft. high 



Shrub live oak, a member of the white-oak group, is also known as chaparral 

 oak, gray oak, and turbinella oak. Chaparral oak alludes to its occurrence 

 as an outstanding chaparral-forming oak of the Southwest. Gray oak refers 

 to the fact that the bark, leaves, and acorn cups of this species frequently 

 have a grayish hue. Turbinella oak, based on the scientific name, is a re- 

 minder of the top-shaped acorn cups 1 (Latin turbinella; a little top). It is an 



1 Greene, E. L. ILLUSTRATIONS OF WEST AMERICAN OAKS. 

 San Francisco. 1889. 



Illus. by A. Kellogg. 84 pp. 



