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Shrub Live Oak

Quercia Turbinella

Description:

Usually more shrub than tree-like. The leaves are gray-green, waxy on the top, wooly on the lower surface. Lots of animals use it for shelter.

Habitat:

High chaparral

Notes:

Also called scrub oak. Spiky, leathery leaf edges, found in chaparral habitats. leaf

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2 Comments

ktcosmos
ktcosmos 11 years ago

The trees are loaded with them this year.

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

its the apple look-alike gall..

ktcosmos
Spotted by
ktcosmos

Arizona, USA

Spotted on Oct 15, 2012
Submitted on Oct 15, 2012

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