THE OAKS 



There are only four oaks in our 

 mountains which may properly be 

 called trees. Named in the order of their 

 altitudinal distribution they are: the 

 Scrub Oak (Quercus dumosa), the 

 Wislizenus Oak (Quercus wislizeni), 

 the Golden Oak (Q. chrysolepis) and 

 the California or Kellogg Oak (Q kel- 

 logii) . 



The Scrub oak is a noticeable feature 

 of the chaparral slopes where it forms 

 dense thickets and grows more like a 

 shrub than a tree. It is only in favor- 

 able, moist locations that it becomes ar- 

 boreal. It is classed with the white oaks 

 since it ripens its acorns the first sea- 

 son. Practically all the black oaks, of 

 which the California oak is an example, 

 ripen their nuts at the end of the second 

 season. The Golden oak, while having 

 a wood characteristic of the White oak, 

 produces its acorns also in two seasons. 



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