Coastal Sage Scrub Oak

Quercus dumosa Nutt. - Beech family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 15.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: Yellow

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intermediate

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind

Larval Species depending on Coastal Sage Scrub Oak: Acleris hastiana, Acrobasis comptella, Archips argyrospila, Argyrotaenia franciscana insulana, Cameraria jacintoensis, Cameraria serpentinensis, Cameraria temblorensis, Catocala andromache, Chionodes chrysopyla, Chionodes trichostola, Coleophora querciella, Decodes fragariana, Dyseriocrania auricyanea, Epinotia emarginana, Exoteleia graphicella, Gloveria medusa editha, Gloveria medusa medusa, Malacosoma constricta austrinum, Mesogona subcuprea, Phryganidia californica, Pseudexentera habrosana, Rectiostoma fernaldella, Rhodophaea cruza, Satyrium auretorum, Satyrium auretorum spadix, slossonia rubrotincta, Telphusa sedulitella, Tischeria consanguinea, Trachycera caliginella, Xenolechia querciphaga, Xenolechia staspa

Native Range

  • USA:  California
  • MEX:  Mexico Northwest
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.