Fagaceae
Sonoran scrub oak
Quercus turbinella
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Sonoran scrub oak, Desert scrub oak, Shrub live oak, Turbinella oak, Gray oak, Shrub oak
- Hebrew
- אלון טורבינלה
- Spanish
- Encino Chaparro, Roble Gris
Synonyms
- Quercus dumosa subsp. turbinella (Greene) A.E.Murray
- Quercus dumosa var. turbinella (Greene) Jeps.
- Quercus subturbinella Trel.
- Quercus turbinella subsp. turbinella
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub, Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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.