Quercus agrifolia Née

Coast Live Oak, Encina
Fagaceae

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Protologue: Anales Ci. Nat. 3: 271 (1801)
Pronunciation: Quer-cus a-gri-fò-li-a
Etymology:Classical L. name for oak + "scabby-leaved", in reference to vestiture


Key to two varieties of Quercus agrifolia (Jepson eFlora):

Leaf abaxially glabrous to sparsely hairy except vein axils hair-tufted ..... var. agrifolia Leaf abaxially densely tomentose ..... var. oxyadenia

Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia

Pronunciation: Quer-cus a-gri-fò-li-a var. a-gri-fò-li-a

Jepson eFlora Treatment

SD County Synoptic Voucher - var. agrifolia

Distribution:
  
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  


  
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia
Coast Live Oak
Note cup-shaped leaves with spinose margins, abaxial surface with scattered tufts of trichomes.

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Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia (Torrey) J.T.Howell

Protologue: Madroño 2: 38 (1931)
Pronunciation: Quer-cus a-gri-fò-li-a var. ox-y-a-dè-ni-a
Etymology (varietal name): Gr. oxys, sharp, + aden, gland, ref. to the fruit, a nut or "glans"

Jepson eFlora Treatment

SD County Synoptic Voucher - var. oxyadenia

Distribution:
 
Left: S.D. County Plant Atlas (http://sdplantatlas.org). Right: CCH2. Click to see current herbarium records.  

  
 
 
Quercus agrifolia var. oxyadenia
Interior Live Oak
Note white-tomentose abaxial leaf surfaces.

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