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FAGACEAE

Quercus chrysolepis Liebm.

Location: CA, USA; On route back from Desolation Wilderness to U.C. Davis, off US route 50 downhill from Kiber's Flats before mile marker 4617; in area with a sign that says 4632; On the side of road there is a pull-off area that contains a small stream.

Plant Attributes: Large tree, with 2 trunks. A second tree of the same species is growing very closely to this individual. Initial determination is based in part on acorns found on the ground under the tree.

Ian Pearse, Jill Baty, and Marlene Hahn

# CA-MH70

May 13, 2012

Phylogeny of the oaks of the Americas: Diversification of an ecologically important

clade across the tropical-temperate divide. (2012-2015 NSF Grant, DEB 114648)

Photographer: Albrecht, William. Publisher: Albrecht, William.