SPECIES: Quercus douglasii
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Blue oak savanna. Mark W. Skinner @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database. |
AUTHORSHIP AND CITATION:
Fryer, Janet L. 2007. Quercus douglasii.
In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online].
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service,
Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer).
Available: http://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/
[].
FEIS ABBREVIATION:
QUEDOU
NRCS PLANT CODE [242]:
QUDO
COMMON NAMES:
blue oak
TAXONOMY:
The scientific name of blue oak is Quercus douglasii Hook. & Arn.
(Fagaceae). It is in the white oak (Lepidobalanus) subgenus [72,114,134,157,239].
Blue oak hybrids are:
Quercus × alvordiana Eastwood (Q. douglasii × Q. john-tuckeri Tucker) [72,98,114,157,239]
Quercus × kinselae (C. H. Muller) Nixon (Q. douglasii × Q. dumosa Nutt.) [72,98,239]
Quercus × eplingii C. H. Mull. (Q. douglasii × Q. garryana Dougl. ex Hook.) [98,114,157,239,240]
Quercus × jolonensis Sarg. (Q. douglasii × Q. lobata Nee) [61,98,114,157,239]
SYNONYMS:
None
LIFE FORM:
Tree
FEDERAL LEGAL STATUS:
No special status
OTHER STATUS:
Over 100 cities and counties in California have ordinances providing some level
of protection for oaks. At the state level, the Integrated Hardwood Range
Management Program, a collaborative effort between the University of California
and the California Division of Forestry, is monitoring blue oak populations to
provide recommendations for future legal protection [70]. Information on state-level
protection status of blue oak is available at
Plants Database.
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