Quercus sadleriana

Quercus sadleriana
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Ponticae
Species:	Q. sadleriana
Binomial name
	Quercus sadleriana; R.Br.ter

Quercus sadleriana is a species of oak known by the common names Sadler's oak and deer oak. It is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California.

Description

Quercus sadleriana is an evergreen^[2] shrub growing 1 to 3 meters (3+1⁄2 to 10 feet) tall from a root network with rhizomes. The leaves are reminiscent of chestnut leaves, oval with toothed edges and rounded, faintly pointed ends. It is monoecious.^[3] The fruit is an acorn with a cap between 1 and 2 centimetres (1⁄2 and 3⁄4 inch) wide and a spherical or egg-shaped, round-ended nut up to 2 cm (3⁄4 in) long.^[4]^[5]

Taxonomy

It is placed in section Ponticae.^[6]

Distribution and habitat

It is native to southwestern Oregon and far northern California in the Klamath Mountains.^[7] It grows in coniferous forests.^[2]

Uses

The acorn is edible.^[3]

References

^ Beckman, E. (2016). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Quercus sadleriana". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
^ ^a ^b Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.
^ Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus sadleriana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ Brown, Robert (of Campster). 1871. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, volume 7: 249-250
^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
^ "Quercus sadleriana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

External links

Jepson Manual treatment
Quercus sadleriana in the CalPhotos photo database, University of California, Berkeley

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[iucn_status_21_November_2022-1] Beckman, E. (2016). "Quercus sadleriana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2022.

[:0-2] "Quercus sadleriana". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.

[tktimb2-3] Turner, Mark; Kuhlmann, Ellen (2014). Trees & Shrubs of the Pacific Northwest (1st ed.). Portland, OR: Timber Press. p. 197. ISBN 978-1-60469-263-1.

[4] Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus sadleriana". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[5] Brown, Robert (of Campster). 1871. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 4, volume 7: 249-250

[6] Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.

[7] "Quercus sadleriana". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

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