Burke: Quercus coccinea vs. Quercus garryana

	Quercus coccinea	Quercus garryana
		Garry oak, Oregon white oak
Habit		Deciduous tree 10-20 m. tall, the trunk up to 1 m. in diameter with thick, furrowed and scaly bark; young growth with reddish pubescence.
Leaves		Leaves alternate, the blades broadly oblong to obovate in outline, bright green on the upper surface, paler and yellowish-pubescent beneath, 5-12 cm. long, deeply lobed to sub-pinnatifid, the lobes 3-7 per side, entire or bluntly 2- or 3-toothed; petioles 1-2 cm. long.
Flowers		Plants monoecious; staminate flowers in lax catkins, 1 per node in the axils of early-deciduous bracts; perianth 6-lobed half its length; stamens 6-10; pistillate flowers single or clustered, each surrounded by a scaly, cup-like involucre; ovary inferior; styles 3.
Fruits		Involucre hardens into a shallow cup, up to 2 cm. broad and 1 cm. deep, holding the ovoid to sub-globose acorn, 2-3 cm. long.

	Quercus coccinea	Quercus garryana
Flowering time		April-June
Habitat		Prairies, meadows, balds, rocky bluffs, and related open areas mostly at low elevations.
Distribution	[WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]	Occurring on both sides of the Cascades crest and east in the Columbia River Gorge in Washington; Vancouver Island, British Columbia to California. [WildflowerSearch map] [BONAP county map]
Origin		Native
Conservation status		Not of concern
Sibling taxa	Q. garryana, Q. palustris, Q. robur, Q. rubra	Q. palustris, Q. robur, Q. rubra
Subordinate taxa		Q. garryana var. garryana
Web links	Local Web sites: Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search	Local floras: BC, CA, OR, WA Local Web sites: CalFlora, CalPhotos, Flora NW, PNW Herbaria WildflowerSearch iNaturalist (observations) USDA Plants Database LBJ Wildflower Center SEINet Plants of the World Online Encyclopedia of Life Wikipedia Google Image Search

Quercus coccinea

Quercus garryana

Garry oak, Oregon white oak

Habit

Deciduous tree 10-20 m. tall, the trunk up to 1 m. in diameter with thick, furrowed and scaly bark; young growth with reddish pubescence.

Leaves

Leaves alternate, the blades broadly oblong to obovate in outline, bright green on the upper surface, paler and yellowish-pubescent beneath, 5-12 cm. long, deeply lobed to sub-pinnatifid, the lobes 3-7 per side, entire or bluntly 2- or 3-toothed;

petioles 1-2 cm. long.

Flowers

Plants monoecious; staminate flowers in lax catkins, 1 per node in the axils of early-deciduous bracts;

perianth 6-lobed half its length;

stamens 6-10; pistillate flowers single or clustered, each surrounded by a scaly, cup-like involucre;

ovary inferior;

styles 3.

Fruits

Involucre hardens into a shallow cup, up to 2 cm. broad and 1 cm. deep, holding the ovoid to sub-globose acorn, 2-3 cm. long.