Gambel Oak growing as a tree along a mountain wash |
Gambel Oak growing as a shrub thicket along a desert wash |
Gambel Oak growing as a single tree in the mountains |
Gambel Oak growing as a thicket of trees in the mountains |
Gambel Oak growing as a shrub thicket after a fire |
Gambel Oak growing as a shrub thicket along a trail |
Spring: fresh, young leaf; dorsal surface |
Summer: green lobed leaves,;dorsal surface |
Spring: fresh, young leaves; dorsal leaf dark, ventral surface light |
Spring: fresh, young leaf; ventral surface |
Gambel Oak flowers |
Gambel Oak flowers |
Gambel Oak flowers |
Gambel Oak flowers |
Gambel Oak leaves with young acorns |
Gambel Oak leaves with young acorns enclosed inside the caps |
Gambel Oak young acorns enclosed inside the caps |
Gambel Oak young acorns enclosed inside the caps |
Gambel Oak young acorns (note backside of acorn) |
Gambel Oak young acorns enclosed inside the caps |
Gambel Oak young acorn enclosed inside the cap |
Gambel Oak young acorn enclosed inside the cap |
Fall colors |
Fall colors |
Gambel Oak leaves during fall |
Gambel Oak leaves during fall |
Gambel Oak shrub thicket during winter |
Gambel Oak tree thicket during winter |
Gambel Oak leaves during winter |
Gambel Oak leaves during winter |