Quercus durata Calflora

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Quercus durata Jeps.

Leather oak

Quercus durata is a shrub that is native to California, and endemic (limited) to California.


	Plant Range Observation Search ~3822 records in California Plant Characteristics

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Subspecies and Varieties:
... var. durata ... var. gabrielensis
Genus:	Quercus
Family:	Fagaceae
Category:	angiosperm
PLANTS group:	Dicot
Jepson eFlora section: eudicot

Toxicity: Do not eat the fruit or leaf of this plant.

Communities: Foothill Woodland, Chaparral

Name Status:
Accepted by JEF + PLANTS + POWO

Alternate Names:


OTHER	Quercus dumosa var. bullata

Information about Quercus durata from other sources


Nursery availability from CNPLX This plant is available commercially. Jepson eFlora USDA PLANTS Profile (QUDU4) Photos on Calflora Photos on CalPhotos Google Images Photos on iNaturalist ID Tips on PlantID.net	ITIS Original Publication citation International Plants Names Index Search efloras.org (Flora of North America) Landscape information from Calscape BONAP Distribution Map Consortium of California Herbaria 2 Search the Native American Ethnobotany Database	Add an Observation Location Suitability Planting Guide Distribution by County
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Suggested Citation

Calflora: Information on California plants for education, research and conservation, with data contributed by public and private institutions and individuals. [web application]. 2025. The Calflora Database [a non-profit organization]. Available: https://www.calflora.org/ (Accessed: 03/28/2025).