Fagaceae

Channel Island scrub oak

Quercus pacifica Nixon & C.H.Mull.

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus

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Channel Island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica) — FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Arabic: سنديان باسيفيكي, سنديان شجيري جزيري، سنديان شجيري لجزر القناة، سنديان الهادئ.
English: Channel Island scrub oak, Island scrub oak, Pacific oak

Synonyms

Quercus dumosa var. polycarpa Greene

Flowers

In flower: March to May (from 24 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: David Rankin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Melanie J. Davis, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: paulexcoff, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
FruitPhoto: Jess Mullins, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
LeavesPhoto: Roberto Daniel Avila, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jim Riley, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, 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.