Quercus john-tuckeri
Nixon & C. H. Mull.
Tucker oak, Tucker's oak
Quercus john-tuckeri is a tree that is native to California.
Bloom Period
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Jepson eFlora section:
eudicot
USDA PLANTS group:
Dicot
Do not eat the fruit or leaf of this plant.
[wikipedia] Habitat, Range, Taxonomic History: Quercus john-tuckeri is a North American species of oak known by the common name Tucker oak, or Tucker's oak.[3] It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and oak woodlands of mountain slopes in the western Transverse Ranges, the southernmost Central Coast Ranges, and the margins of the Mojave Desert.[4] The species is named after John M. Tucker, professor of botany (1947–1986) at the University of California at Davis, specialist in Quercus. [3] (link added by Mary Ann Machi)
