NATIVE WOODY PLANTS OF THE UNITED STATES 215 
Quercus ellipsoidalis Hill. Jack oak. 
Range: 21, 22, 23, 24. 
Site: Well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, biennial. 
A small to large shrub or small to large tree; often occurs on clay soils. 
Quercus emoryi Torr. Emory oak. 
Q. hastata Liebm. 
Range: 10, 11. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn; annual, available July-August, or ripening irregularly 
from June—September. 
A small to large shrub or small to large tree; evergreen; wood somewhat used 
commercially. 
Observations: Mearn’s Gambel, and scaled quail; Mexican mule deer; Couch 
rock squirrel; much eaten by Gila chipmunk; highly palatable the year round 
to captive deer. 
Quercus engelmannii Greene. Evergreen white oak. 
Range: 5 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, annual. 
A large evergreen tree; occurs on loam, sand, gravel, and other soils; wood 
useful only for fuel. 
Observations: California mule deer. 
Quercus falcata, see Quercus rubra. 
Quercus fendleri Liebm. Fendler oak. 
Q. undulata pedunculata DC. 
Range: 11, 13, 14, 16. 
Site: Dry, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, annual. 
A large shrub; not thicket forming. Considered fair browse for cattle. 
Quercus fusiformis, see Quercus virginiana. 
Guercus gambelii, see also Quercus leptophyila. 
Quercus gambelii Nutt. Gambel oak. 
Q. douglasit gambelii DC., Q. undulata gambelii Engelm. 
Range: 9, 11, 13, 14. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, annual. 
A large shrub to small tree; resistant to heavy grazing. 
Observations: Turkey. When associated with more palatable species, lightly 
grazed by cattle, sheep and horses; acorns sweet, relished by swine and other 
stock and with high fattening qualities; of moderately high palatability to 
goats; shoots contain 4-10 percent of tannic acid. 
Quercus garryana Dougl. : Oregon white oak. 
Range: 1, 2. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, annual. 
A large shrub to large tree; wood durable, valuable commercially. 
Var. brewert (Hngelm.) Jeps. (Q. breweri Engelm., Q. oerstediana Brown), 
the Brewer oak, is a smail to large, spreading shrub occurring in region 4. It 
is much browsed by Rocky Mountain mule deer and much eaten by stock, the 
protein content of the foliage being almost equal to that of alfalfa hay. War. 
semota Jeps., the Kaweah oak, is a shrub occurring in region 4. 
i Observations: Band-tailed pigeon, Lewis’ woodpecker, ring-necked pheasant; 
ear. 
Quercus geminata, see Quercus virginiana. 
Quercus georgiana Curtis. Georgia oak. 
Range: 27, 28. 
Site: Dry, well-drained, sun. 
Fruit: Acorn, biennial, 
A large, rare tree. 
