VALUE OF OAK LEAVES FOR FORAGE. 



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VALUE OF CALIFORNIA OAKS FOR BROWSING PURPOSES. 



In summing up the value of these California oaks, the common classi- 

 fication into "live," or evergreen, and deciduous will be made. The 

 former class includes Scrub Oak and Curl-leaf Scrub Oak (Quercus 

 dumosa and variety bullata), Canon Live Oak (Q. wislizeni), and Maul 









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PLATE X. RHUS DIVERSILOBA. (POISON OAK.) 



Oak (Q. chrysolepis). The deciduous oaks consist of Blue, or Rock Oak 

 (Q. douglasii), Black Oak (Q. calif ornica) , and Mountain White Oak 

 (Q. garryana). The Poison Oak (Rhus diversiloba) is also deciduous. 



The live oaks, as seen in the previous descriptions, occupy the brush 

 areas on the slopes and ridges, and, except for a few isolated specimens 



