California scrub oak

Quercus durata

''Quercus durata'', the California scrub oak, or leather oak, is an oak endemic to California. ''Quercus durata'' var. ''durata'' is a strict serpentine endemic that grows in the Coast Ranges and northern Sierra Nevada. It is often a component of serpentine chaparral.
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Appearance

''Quercus durata'' is an evergreen shrub occasionally reaching 3 meters in height but usually much shorter. Leaves are rarely flat, usually cupped, with a thick layer of small branching hairs on the underside making it feel like felt.

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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderFagales
FamilyFagaceae
GenusQuercus
SpeciesQ. durata
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United States of America