The Wild Garden: Hansen's Northwest Native Plant Database

Lithocarpus densiflorus (Shrub Tan Oak)

Kingdom

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Plantae – Plants

Subkingdom

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Tracheobionta – Vascular plants

Superdivision

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Spermatophyta – Seed plants

Division

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Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants

Class

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Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons

Subclass

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Hamamelididae

Order

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Fagales

Family

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Fagaceae – Beech family

Genus

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Lithocarpus Blume – tanoak

Species

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Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehder – tanoak

This shrubby form of Tan Oak, with its greenish gray leaves, grows only 3 - 5' tall. It is perfect for small gardens.

Photos above courtesy of Joseph O'Brien, USDA Forest Service

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