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SPECIES: Quercus chrysolepis | Canyon Live Oak
ABBREVIATION : QUECHR SYNONYMS : NO-ENTRY SCS PLANT CODE : QUCH2 QUCHC QUCHN COMMON NAMES : canyon live oak dwarf canyon live oak maul oak TAXONOMY : The currently accepted scientific name of canyon live oak is Quercus chrysolepis Liebm. [63,64,]. Canyon live oak, which is intermediate between the white and black oak groups, is extremely variable both morphologically and ecologically [63,72]. Recognized varieties are [34,39]: Q. c. var. chrysolepis canyon live oak Q. c. var. nana (Jepson) Jepson dwarf canyon live oak Canyon live oak hybridizes with island oak (Q. tomentella), huckleberry oak (Q. vaccinifolia), and Palmer's oak (Q. palmeri) [28,34,63,94]. LIFE FORM : Tree, Shrub FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS : No special status OTHER STATUS : NO-ENTRY COMPILED BY AND DATE : D. Tirmenstein, August 1989 LAST REVISED BY AND DATE : NO-ENTRY AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION : Tirmenstein, D. 1989. Quercus chrysolepis. In: Remainder of Citation

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