
Quercus berberidifolia
Scrub Oak
Plant family: Fagaceae - Oak	Rating:
Plant type: Shrub
Plant origin: N/A, California

Container	Avail Qty	Add to My List	Price
24 inch box natural	0	* *	N/A
Fifteen Gallon	0	* *	129.00
Five gallon - Natural	95	* *	44.99
D-40	0	* *	14.99

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Flower Color

Female-White, Male-Yellow

Blooming Season

Spring, Winter

Height

5-15 feet

Spread

15-30 feet

Sun / Shade

Monthly Water

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Wildlife Friendliness Rating

Plant Community > Learn More
Chaparral, Coastal Sage Scrub
Best Soil Conditions > Learn More
Sandy Loam
Special Characteristic
Edible , Good in Containers, Hedges and Screens, Important to Native People

Plant Highlights

Scrub oak grows up to ten feet in heoight, producing dense shrub thickets in Chaparral. These oaks shrubs bear small, one inch acorns that are edible when processed. Native peoples used these shrubs for food and wind shielding in wind conditions. These 7 to 10 ft. shrubs grow low to the grownd, starving out surface growth beneath it.

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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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	Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am	Rating:
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Quercus berberidifolia

Scrub Oak

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Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

Posed by: Green Thumb, on April 20, 2010 at 8:05 am

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