Species

Quercus garryana (Oregon oak)

Quercus garryana. Photo: (c) Jeanne Wirka, some rights reserved (CC BY)

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Quercus garryana, the Garry oak, Oregon white oak, Oregon oak, or Hu’dshnam, from the traditional Klamath language, is a tree species with a range stretching from southern California to southwestern British Columbia. It grows from sea level to 210 meters (690 ft) altitude in the northern part of its range, and at 300 to 1,800 meters (980 to 5,910 ft) in the south of the range in California. The tree gets one of its names from Nicholas Garry,…

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Plantae (Plants)
  - Phylum: Tracheophyta (Vascular plants)
    - Subphylum: Angiospermae (Flowering plants)
      - Class: Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
        Order: Fagales (Beeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies)
        Family: Fagaceae (Beech family)
        Genus: Quercus (Oaks)
        Subgenus: Quercus (High-latitude oaks)
        Section: Quercus (White oaks)
        Species: Quercus garryana (Oregon oak)
        Variety: Quercus garryana garryana (Oregon white oak)
        Variety: Quercus garryana breweri (Brewer’s oak)

Subtaxa

Variety: Quercus garryana garryana (Oregon white oak)

Variety: Quercus garryana breweri (Brewer’s oak)

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