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Botanic Name: Quercus durata
Common Name: Leather Oak
Size: 3-9'h x spreads
Sun: sun-pt. shd
H20: summer dry
Description:
This evergreen, hard-leaved large shrub or small tree is native to chaparral or arid foothills, usually on serpentine soils. It grows from 3 to 9' tall and spreading. Prefers lean, well-drained soil in sunny locations and will not tolerate summer water. It has interesting gnarled branches, which could provide a bonsai effect in the smaller garden.

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