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INTRODUCTORY

SPECIES: Quercus gambelii | Gambel Oak

ABBREVIATION:


QUEGAM

SYNONYMS:


No entry

NRCS PLANT CODE [203]:


QUGA

COMMON NAMES:


Gambel oak
scrub oak

TAXONOMY:


The scientific name of Gambel oak is Quercus gambelii Nutt. (Fagaceae) [127,210]

Hybridization between oak species is common. Gambel oak hybridizes readily with other oak species and has influenced the evolution of several oaks [92]. Hybridization occurs with Arizona white oak (Q. arizonica) [201], bur oak (Q. macrocarpa) [30,201], chinkapin oak (Q. muehlenbergii), gray oak (Q. grisea) [2,84,201], Mohr's oak (Q. mohriana) [201], and shrub live oak (Q. turbinella) [43,201].

LIFE FORM:


Tree-shrub 

FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:


No special status

OTHER STATUS:


No entry

AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:

Simonin, Kevin A. (2000, September). Quercus gambelii. In: Remainder of Citation


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