Flowering Plant Families, UH Botany The Fagaceae are monoecious trees and shrubs comprising 6-8 genera and about 800 species. The leaves are alternate and simple; the stipules are deciduous. The male flowers have a 4-7 lobed perianth of tepals and 4-40 stamens and are usually grouped in pendulous catkins. The female flowers are solitary or in small clusters. [eng]
Chrysolepis chrysophylla Giant chinquapin is restricted to the Pacific Coast region, occurring
from central California to west-central Washington. [eng]
Lithocarpus densiflora A major component of coastal mixed evergreen forests, tanoak is
distributed from the Cascade Mountains of southwestern Oregon southward
through the Klamath Mountains and California Coast Ranges to Ventura
County. [eng]