Quercus sadleriana | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
Section: | Quercus sect. Ponticae |
Species: | Q. sadleriana
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Binomial name | |
Quercus sadleriana |
Quercus sadleriana is a species of oak known by the common names Sadler's oak and deer oak. It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northern California in the Klamath Mountains.[2] It grows in coniferous forests.[3] It is placed in section Ponticae.[4]
Quercus sadleriana is an evergreen[3] shrub growing 1 to 3 meters (3+1⁄2 to 10 feet) tall from a root network with rhizomes. The leaves are reminiscent of chestnut leaves, oval with toothed edges and rounded, faintly pointed ends. The fruit is an acorn with a cap between 1 and 2 centimetres (1⁄2 and 3⁄4 inch) wide and a spherical or egg-shaped, round-ended nut up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long.[5][6]