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fuzz that covers the cups, hiding their scales and giving the oak 
still another common name—that of “ golden cup oak. 3 
What is reputed to be the largest canyon live oak tree is found in 
the Stanislaus National Forest close to the Buchanan (or Clavey) 
Road, 8 miles east from Tuolumne. It is a very symmetrical speci- 
FIGURE 16. Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis ) 
men with immense spr eading limbs starting about 8 feet up from the 
base of the big trunk, having a spread of 131 feet: It is 3114 feet 
in circumference at the base, and the height is estimated at 60 feet. 
The tree is estimated to be 700 years old and j is a very healthy, vigor- 
ous-looking specimen. 
