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Sonoran scrub oak

Quercus turbinella

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Arizona.January 225, February 205, March 272, April 361, May 330, June 161, July 199, August 270, September 179, October 230, November 244, December 196.
United States6,565
Arizona3,455
Utah1,510
Nevada1,092
California956
New Mexico920
Texas396
Mexico378
Baja California376
Colorado50

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

Sources

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