Twig Key

So far you have made the following choices...

• deciduous leaves
• alternate arrangement
• tree
• lacking spines
• more than three end buds
• stellate pith
• pubescence on the twig

It could be one of the species in the table below. Let's narrow our choices by looking at the shape of the end bud.

My twig has tall, pointed end buds	My twig has short, rounded end buds

Possible Matches:

Family	Genus	Species	common name
Fagaceae	Quercus	douglasii	blue oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	falcata	southern red oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	gambelii	Gambel oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	garryana	Oregon white oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	garryana	Oregon white oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	ilicifolia	bear oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	incana	bluejack oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	lobata	Valley oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	marilandica	blackjack oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	michauxii	swamp chestnut oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	pagoda	cherrybark oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	stellata	post oak
Fagaceae	Quercus	velutina	black oak

 

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