Botanical Name: Quercus garryana
Common Name: Garry oak
Family: Fagaceae
Distribution/Origin: North America
Leaf/Bud: simple, alternate, round lobes, undulating margin, broadly toothed, bud; terminal bud cluster of 3-4, robust, scaled, hairy
Flower/Inflorescence: light yellow catkin clusters
Fruit/Seed: acorn
Stem/Bark: bark is platey, new shoots are tomentose
Size: grow slowly, 20 - 30m
Habit: upright, spreading crown
Form: rounded top
Culture: drought toleran, often found in groves,
Landscape Use: tree
Notes: only native oak in BC, is not affected by sudden oak death
