Fagaceae
Coastal sage scrub oak
Quercus dumosa
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Coastal sage scrub oak, Nutall's scrub oak
Synonyms
- Quercus dumosa f. crispata Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. diversifolia Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. insularis Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. linearis Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. longigemma Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. microcarpa Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. myrtifolia Trel.
- Quercus dumosa f. populifolia Trel.
- Quercus dumosa subsp. eudumosa A.Camus
- Quercus dumosa var. elegantula (Greene) Jeps.
- Quercus dumosa var. linearis (Trel.) A.Camus
- Quercus dumosa var. populifolia (Trel.) A.Camus
- Quercus macdonaldii var. elegantula Greene
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Madeleine Claire, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Krzysztof Ziarnek, Kenraiz, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Toyonbro, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: klicklo, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Karen Fraser, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.