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Plant Habit: Shrub
Tree
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Plant Height: 3-30 feet
Plant Spread: up to 15 feet
Leaves: Good fall color
Deciduous
Fragrant
Broadleaf
Fruit: Showy
Indehiscent
Flowers: Inconspicuous
Other: The male catkins release a LOT of pollen, coating everything.
Flower Color: Red
Bloom Size: Under 1"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Underground structures: Rhizome
Taproot
Suitable Locations: Xeriscapic
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Provides winter interest
Erosion control
Guardian plant
Will Naturalize
Edible Parts: Fruit
Dynamic Accumulator: K (Potassium)
Resistances: Rabbit Resistant
Fire Resistant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Suitable for wintersowing
Sow in situ
Propagation: Other methods: Division
Pollinators: Wind
Containers: Not suitable for containers
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
Goes Dormant

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Common names
  • Gambel Oak
  • Scrub Oak
  • Shin Oak
  • Rocky Mountain White Oak
  • Oak
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Quercus gambelii
  • Synonym: Quercus gambelii var. bonina
  • Synonym: Quercus gambelii var. gambelii

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Location: Wasatch Mountains
Date: 2017-10-08
Location: Wasatch Mountains
Date: 2017-10-08
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-12-20
Location: Hogle Zoo, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2023-05-10
Location: Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-08-22
Location: Calf Creek, southern Utah
Date: 2015-02-22
Location: Home
Location: University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-02-02
Stem cross-section.

Date: 2012-10-21
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-05-04
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-08-22
Location: Home
Location: Home
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2018-09-05
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Location: Butterfield Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2022-10-14
Plant dwarfed due to the shallow, nutrient poor, and dry soil it'
Location: Home
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-06-24
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)

Date: 2012-10-21
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-08-25
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-02-02
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-02-02

Date: 2012-10-21

Date: 2012-10-21
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-02-02
Location: South Jordan, Utah, United States
Date: 2016-02-02

Date: 2012-10-20
In a landscape
Location: Yellow Fork Canyon, Salt Lake County, Utah, United States
Date: 2020-07-12

Date: 2012-10-21

Date: 2012-10-21

Date: 2012-10-21

Date: 2012-10-21
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