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  Quercus x townei
Author E.J.Palmer 1948 J. Arnold Arbor. 29: 43
Synonyms dumosa x lobata
Local names
Range California;
Growth habit shrub to 5-6 m tall;
Leaves persistent; oblong or narrowly obovate; base cuneate or rounded; margin revolute, more or less deeply lobed, with acute or round lobes; abaxially with sparse stellate trichomes;
Flowers
Fruits acorn ovate-oblong, 2-3.5 m long; cup half-round with thick, pubescent scales; maturing first year;

Bark, twigs and
buds

twig slender greenish-gray or brownish, tomentose; conspicuous pale lenticels;
Hardiness zone, habitat
Miscellaneous -- Section Quercus;

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