Sonoran Scrub Oak (Quercus turbinella)

Description

Active Growth Period Spring and Summer After Harvest Regrowth Rate Bloat None C:N Ratio High Coppice Potential No Fall Conspicuous No Fire Resistant No Flower Color Yellow Flower Conspicuous No Foliage Color Green Foliage Porosity Summer Moderate Foliage Porosity Winter Porous Foliage Texture Medium Fruit/Seed Color Brown Fruit/Seed Conspicuous Yes Growth Form Thicket Forming Growth Rate Slow Height at 20 Years, Maximum (feet) 1 Height, Mature (feet) 1.3 Known Allelopath No Leaf Retention Yes Lifespan Long Low Growing Grass No Nitrogen Fixation None Resprout Ability Yes Shape and Orientation Semi-Erect Toxicity None Growth Requirements Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils Yes Adapted to Fine Textured Soils No Adapted to Medium Textured Soils Yes Anaerobic Tolerance None CaCO3 Tolerance None Cold Stratification Required No Drought Tolerance Medium Fertility Requirement Low Fire Tolerance High Frost Free Days, Minimum 140 Hedge Tolerance None Moisture Use Low pH, Minimum 5.0 pH, Maximum 7.0 Planting Density per Acre, Minimum 1200 Planting Density per Acre, Maximum 1700 Precipitation, Minimum 20 Precipitation, Maximum 60 Root Depth, Minimum (inches) 18 Salinity Tolerance None Shade Tolerance Tolerant Temperature, Minimum (-F) -28 Reproduction Bloom Period Early Spring Commercial Availability Contracting Only Fruit/Seed Abundance Medium Fruit/Seed Period Begin Spring Fruit/Seed Period End Fall Fruit/Seed Persistence No Propagated by Bare Root Yes Propagated by Bulb No Propagated by Container Yes Propagated by Corm No Propagated by Cuttings No Propagated by Seed Yes Propagated by Sod No Propagated by Sprigs No Propagated by Tubers No Seed per Pound 1030 Seed Spread Rate Slow Seedling Vigor Low Small Grain No Vegetative Spread Rate Moderate Suitability/Use Berry/Nut/Seed Product No Christmas Tree Product No Fodder Product No Fuelwood Product Lumber Product No Naval Store Product No Nursery Stock Product No Palatable Browse Animal Medium Palatable Graze Animal Low Palatable Human No Post Product No Protein Potential Pulpwood Product No Veneer Product No