Trees
Oak
Quailhaven has Oak trees. The are several
hundred species of true Oaks, the genus Quercus of the family Fagaceae.
One that I have
indentified here is Quercus lobata. Its common names are: Valley Oak,
White Oak, Swamp Oak, Roble Oak and California White Oak. This tree
has a long life span, six hundred years or more. A tree with a three
to four foot trunk is about 150 to 250 years old.
It is
deciduous, loosing its leaves in the late fall and returning in the spring.
Mature trees grow acorns which are a food source for the wildlife here.
Native American would gather the acorns to make flour.
The Tanoak, (Lithocarpus
densiflorus) also grows here. It is not a true Oak. Its genus is
Lithocarpus, of the family Fagaceae. It is an evergreen that also
grows acorns, another food source. Its tannin-rich bark was used in
the past for tanning leather before synthetic methods.
The Tanoaks I
have seen on Quailhaven are small. Most are the size of small bushes.
One is thirty to forty feet tall growing at the edge of a small creek.
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Links
The following websites have information
about Oak trees. I do not endorse any of
these websites but I did find their information useful.
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Biogeography of
Valley Oak
California Oaks
crseo.ucsb.edu
California Oaks Foundation
Oak
Wikipedia,
the free encyclopedia
Oaks of California
Quercus lobata
ibiblio.org
Quercus lobata
ITIS Standard
Report
Page
Quercus lobata
trees.stanford.edu
Quercus lobata Fact Sheet
Valley Oaks
kaweahoaks.com
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