Scott County, KY (Zone 5b) | January 2010 | positive
Brandegee oak is native to the Baja California peninsula, in the lower tip area known as the Cape Lowlands. This low rainfall and no free...Read Moreze zone supports a host of xeric species that are threatened by changing land uses, including grazing of livestock. Brandegee oak is considered endangered here.
Its associates in this landscape include Lysiloma divaricata, Pachycereus pectenaboriginum, Senna atomaria, Plumeria acutifolia, Diospyros californica, Zanthoxylon arborescens, and Jatropha vernicosa.
This endangered oak is one of over 80 species of Quercus represented in the fine collection at the University of California - Davis Arboretum in Davis, CA.
Brandegee oak is native to the Baja California peninsula, in the lower tip area known as the Cape Lowlands. This low rainfall and no free...Read More