Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak) Size:2 gal SE with long stamen

with long stamen

dark red flesh

still with excellent cutting ability

The bark is thin

north and east facing canyon slopes

Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak) Size:2 gal SE with long stamenDeciduous tree, 40 80 ft (12 24 m), open, rounded crown, may be a shrub at high elevations, to 15 ft (4. 5 m). Bark dark gray or black, smooth on young trees and broad, irregularly plated ridges. Leaves alternate, simple, 8 15 cm long, sharply cut into 7 11 lobes, which toothed, each tooth ending in a bristle, base often obtuse or wedge shaped, upper surface glossy green, paler below, both surfaces of young leaves sometimes pubescent and dusty rose or