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Coastal sage scrub oak

Quercus dumosa is found in Mexico and the US.

Quercus dumosa is a species of plant in the Fagaceae family. This tree goes by the common name Coastal sage scrub oak. It is found in Mexico and the United States. It is threatened by habitat loss. The species Quercus dumosa lends its name to the eponymous plant community Quercus dumosa chaparral, in which Coastal sage scrub oak and toyon often co-dominate. Sources - * C. More

Quercus dumosa, a dicot, is a shrub that is native to California and to Baja California. It is included in the CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants on list 1B.1 (rare, threatened, or endangered in CA and elsewhere). More

The Luisenos used gall nuts from Quercus dumosa medicinally for sores and wounds and as an astringent (D. E. Moerman 1986). More