Interior Live Oak
Quercus wislizeni
Interior live oak is a dense, dark evergreen oak of California's foothills and interior ranges, tolerating heat, drought, and rocky ground. A year-round shelter and acorn tree central to oak-woodland wildlife.
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Type
- tree
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 30–70 ft
- Spacing
- 30–50 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- dry
- Soil pH
- neutral
- Bloom
- March, April, May
- Bloom colors
- white, brown
- Wildlife value
- songbirds, mammals, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~557 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- specimen
- Native states
- CA
Related native plants
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