Leather Oak
Quercus durata Jeps.
Beech family
Plant Type
Tree, Shrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
10.0 feet
Flower Color
Green, Brown
Bloom Time
Early Spring, Mid Spring
Ecosystem & Wildlife
Pollinators
Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth); Wind
Larval Host
Cameraria serpentinensis, Chionodes raspyon, Erynnis brizo, Erynnis brizo lacustra, Malacosoma constricta constricta, Rectiostoma fernaldella, Rhodophaea aurata, Trachycera caliginella
Native Range
- USA: California
Regional Native Status: L48 (N)
State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.