Watering Needs: moderate
The trunk is sometimes flared out near the bottom (buttressed) with reddish brown to gray bark that is fibrous and vertically ridged
and they keep pests in check
which include an increased uptake in nutrients
Takes to pruning well
Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak) Size:2 gal SE Watering Needs: moderateDeciduous tree, 40 80 ft (12 24 m), open, rounded crown, may be a shrub at high elevations, to 15 ft (4. 5 m). Bark dark gray or black, smooth on young trees and broad, irregularly plated ridges. Leaves alternate, simple, 8 15 cm long, sharply cut into 7 11 lobes, which toothed, each tooth ending in a bristle, base often obtuse or wedge shaped, upper surface glossy green, paler below, both surfaces of young leaves sometimes pubescent and dusty rose or