Emory Oak
Quercus emoryi
A near-evergreen oak of the Southwest's sky-island foothills, with dark glossy leaves and a keystone role in the region's oak savannas. Its sweet acorns (bellotas) are a genuine, still-sold market food in the Southwest and northern Mexico, needing little to no leaching.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 20–50 ft
- Spacing
- 20–40 ft apart
- Light
- sun, part shade
- Soil moisture
- dry, moist
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- yellow
- Wildlife value
- butterflies, pollinators, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- AZ, NM, TX
Related native plants
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