Leather Oak

Quercus durata Jeps. - Beech family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 10.0 feet

Plant Type: Tree, Shrub

Features

Flower Color: Green, Brown

Bloom Time: Early Spring, Mid Spring

Ecosystem Interactions

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

Larval Species depending on Leather Oak: Cameraria serpentinensis, Chionodes raspyon, Erynnis brizo, Erynnis brizo lacustra, Malacosoma constricta constricta, Rectiostoma fernaldella, Rhodophaea aurata, Trachycera caliginella

Native Range

  • USA:  California
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.