Sonoran Scrub Oak
Quercus turbinella
Sonoran scrub oak is a spiny-leaved evergreen oak of Southwestern chaparral and desert mountains, forming dense drought-proof thickets. Critical cover and acorn mast for desert birds and mammals.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–12 ft
- Spacing
- 6–15 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen, hedge or screen, erosion control
- Native states
- AZ, CA, CO, NM, NV, OK, TX, UT
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