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The Flora of Mount ShastaTan OakBeech Family (Fagaceae) Lithocarpus densiflora ssp echinoides |
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The Flora of Mount ShastaTan OakBeech Family (Fagaceae) Lithocarpus densiflora ssp echinoides |
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Growth form: Evergreen shrub 1 to 10 feet tall, numerous branches
Flower: Unisexual, no petals. Male flowers are numerous in a 2"
to 4" catkins. Females flowers are solitary in the axils of bracts
at the base of some of the male catkins.
Blooms: June to August
Leaves: Simple, alternate, oblong, leathery, grayish pubescence
on underside, margins generally smooth.
Fruit: Acorn with a bur-like involucre cup; mature in the autumn
of the second year.
Stem: Greyish-brown
Found: Mid-to upper mixed forests of the Klamath, southern Cascade,
and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges.
Tidbits: One of the most highly prized acorns of the Native Americans of the region. Birds and rodents also feed on the acorns.
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