Palmdale Hills Trail

Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia)

Quercus agrifolia

Quercus agrifolia, the coast live oak, is an evergreen oak (highly variable and often shrubby), native to the California Floristic Province. It grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County, California, south to northern Baja California in Mexico. It is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect. Lobatae).

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_agrifolia