Quercus wislizenii - Interior live oak

Interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii) is an evergreen oak native to California’s interior foothills, its acorns leached of bitter tannins before being ground into flour.¹

Inputs

• Semi-shade¹
• Full sun¹
• Moist soil¹

Outputs

• Human food¹
• Acorn¹
• Medicinal use¹
• Fuel¹

Type

• Quercus spp. - Oaks
• Tree
• Evergreen

Functions

• Flammable²

Footnotes

1. Quercus wislizenii | Plants for a Future ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸

2. Leaf burn times of California native plants, Las Pilitas Nursery, 2005 propane-torch ignition trial, live-leaf ignition time 5 seconds ↩