Acorns shaped like old-fashioned spinning top. Mature bark gray with dull cast. 288 x 255 Huckelberry Oak A low, spreading shrub of the higher mountains, from 3,000 to 10,000 feet. Often in conifers. Exposed ridge, rock outcrops.
Topsides are shiny gree, golden below.
Only found on Santa Cruz Island and a few coastal localities in Santa Barbara County. Associated with maratime chaparral, and closed-cone pine forest below 3,000 feet. 288 x 243 Leather Oak Mostly on serpentine soils. Below 6,000 '. Closely related to coastal scrub oak and desert scrub oak.