Coastal Sage Scrub Oak
Quercus dumosa
Coastal sage scrub oak is a low evergreen oak of southern California's coastal chaparral, forming dense thickets that shelter birds and small mammals. Drought-hardy and valuable for restoring rare scrub habitat.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–10 ft
- Spacing
- 6–12 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April
- Bloom colors
- yellow, green, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- CA