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and are long, sessile, slender oblong-oval, set in deep scaly cups. The 

 mast is usually scanty. 



The shrub is common in the chaparral with Quercus dumosa, and 

 ranges with it in altitude. It is well distributed in the Coast Ranges 

 from Mount Shasta to San Diego County, usually at quite a distance 



PLATE VI. QUERCUS CHRYSOLEPIS. (MAUL OAK.) 

 Showing two distinct leaf forms. 



from the sea. It also exists, but not commonly, from Mount Shasta 

 through the lower foothills of the Sierra to Tejon Pass. 



The leaves of this shrub are sought in preference to those of the 

 Scrub Oak by sheep, goats, and cattle, and it is thus often found 

 stripped of its leaves. 



