Quercus agrifolia - Coast live oak

Coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is an evergreen oak native to coastal California woodlands in western North America, its acorns historically leached of tannins and ground into flour.¹

Inputs

• Hardiness zone 8¹
• Hardiness zone 9¹
• Hardiness zone 10¹
• Hardiness zone 11¹
• Full sun¹
• Semi-shade¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Acorn¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Dye¹
• Fuel¹

Type

• Quercus spp. - Oaks
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Quercus agrifolia | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹ ↩¹⁰ ↩¹¹ ↩¹² ↩¹³

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 10 seconds ↩