Gray Oak
Quercus grisea
Gray oak is a small, gray-leaved oak of Southwestern mountains and high desert, often shrubby on rocky slopes. Drought-adapted and an important acorn and host resource in arid uplands.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 6–20 ft
- Spacing
- 10–20 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- April, May
- 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
- AZ, NM, TX