Fagaceae

Island live oak

Quercus tomentella Engelm.

Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus

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Island live oak (Quercus tomentella) — FlowerPhoto: marek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (4)

Arabic: سنديان جزيري, سنديان تومينتيلا, سنديان جزر القناة, سنديان حي جزيري
English: Island live oak, Island oak
Esperanto: Insula kverko
Georgian: Კუნძულის მუხა

Synonyms

Quercus chrysolepis subsp. tomentella (Engelm.) A.E.Murray
Quercus chrysolepis var. tomentella (Engelm.) A.E.Murray
Quercus tomentella f. conjungens Trel.
Quercus tomentella var. conjungens Trel.

Characteristics

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

Photos

FlowerPhoto: marek, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Vincent Weber, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Photo: John Rusk from Berkeley, CA, United States of America, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Photo: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Awinch1001, CC BY 4.0, 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.