Pronunciation: KWER-kus kry-SOL-e-pis
Common name: Canyon live oak
Family: Fagaceae (Oak)
Habitat: Canyons, moist shaded slopes below 6500',
chaparral, mixed evergreen forest, cismontane and
occasionally desert montane
Blooming period: Male flowers April to May
Click for Latin name derivations: 1) Quercus
2) chrysolepis