SPECIES: Quercus gambelii
Simonin, Kevin A. 2000. Quercus gambelii. 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/ [].
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].