Quercus agrifolia (Californian Live Oak)

Also known as: Encina

Native: California

Location: Only found in oak collections.

Often shrubby with stems prostrate or only a few feet high.

Flowers

Flowers open in May with the appearance of the young leaves.

Fruits

The sessile acorns are a long conical shape 3.7cm long, often deeply enclosed in the cup. They ripen in one year and fall in October.