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Quercus garryana

Quercus garryana

9.9
A small oak tree with crooked branches and pale grey bark that grows in western North America
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : roble de Garry
  • The Quercus garryana tree thrives in the Pacific Northwest.

Examples

  • The Quercus garryana provides important habitat for many native birds.

  • Several Quercus garryana trees were planted in the reserve to restore local ecosystems.

  • Researchers studied the growth patterns of Quercus garryana in different regions.

  • Many Quercus garryanas are found in Oregon.

  • Several Quercus garryana trees were planted in the reserve to restore local ecosystems.

  • The Quercus garryana provides important habitat for many native birds.

  • Researchers studied the growth patterns of Quercus garryana in different regions.

Synonyms

Garry oak
vsQuercus garryana
  • US
7.6

A small tree in western North America that loses its leaves each year, with crooked branches and pale grey bark

is the scientific Latin name for that same tree
Oregon white oak
vsQuercus garryana
  • US
8.1

A small tree from western North America that loses its leaves and has crooked branches and pale grey bark

is the scientific Latin name rather than a regional common name
Oregon oak
vsQuercus garryana
  • US
8.1

A small tree from western North America that loses its leaves and has crooked branches and pale grey bark

is the scientific Latin name rather than an alternative common name

How Big

big tree
  • Specialized
3 3.5
Quercus garryana
  • Specialized
9.9
sapling
16 2.7
shrub
44 1.0

Surface Forms

Quercus garryana singular
Quercus garryanas plural

Morphology

Quercus + garryana

The element 'Quercus' is the Latin genus name for oaks, so a learner who knows that word could infer the phrase refers to an oak tree. However, 'garryana' is a species epithet with no transparent lexical meaning (not found in the dictionary) and does not reveal the specific attributes (small, deciduous, Pacific Northwest distribution), so the full sense is not predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Quercus garryana is a scientific name made from Latin and a person's name: Quercus is Latin for 'oak' and garryana honors Nicholas Garry, an early Hudson's Bay Company official. So the name literally means 'Garry's oak', which is why it refers to the small oak tree native to western North America.