| Scientific Name: | Quercus garryana |
| Common Name: | Garry oak |
| Family Name: | Fagaceae |
| Origin: | B.C. west of Cascades, U.S. - northwest |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 7: (-18 to -12 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 22 - 30m x 10 - 15m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Irregular, Open, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright |
| Form: | Round |
| Texture: | Medium |
| Landscape Uses: | Herb, Shade tree, Specimen plant, Spring interest, Wildlife food, Wind break |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Rocky or gravelly or dry |
| Leaves: | Simple, Lobed, Alternate, Leathery, Pinnate venation, Lustrous, Tomentose, Oblong, Obovate, Pinnately lobed |
| Flowers: | Catkin (ament), Yellow, Green-yellow, Apr-May |
| Fruit: | Nut, Brown, Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Branches large, contorted; shoots orange-red, hairy; leaves oblong-obovate, dark green, lobes may be rounded or slightly pointed, sinus deeply cut into blade and narrow (U-shaped), most 10-14cm long x 6-9cm wide when mature; petioles 1.5-2cm long; acorns sparsely produced, sessile, 2.5-3cm long. Winter ID: bark deeply fissured, terminal buds clustered 3-4mm long, densely pubescent; leaf scars mostly crescent-shaped with 5 bundle scars. | |