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Quick facts for kids Quercus × macdonaldii (Quercus macdonaldii)

Leaves of Quercus ×macdonaldii from an individual on Santa Cruz Island, California
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. × macdonaldii
Binomial name
**Quercus × macdonaldii** Greene & Kellogg (pro sp.)
Synonyms
Quercus macdonaldii − Greene Quercus dumosa var. macdonaldii − (Greene & Kellogg) Jeps.

Distribution map for Quercus × macdonaldii,
on the California Channel Islands.

Quercus × macdonaldii, formerly Quercus macdonaldii, with the common names MacDonald's oak and Macdonald oak, is a rare species of oak in the family Fagaceae.

Distribution

The tree is endemic to the California Channel Islands, on Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, and Santa Catalina Island, in Southern California. It is found in chaparral and woodlands habitats in canyons and slopes below 600 metres (2,000 ft).

Quercus × macdonaldii is a Vulnerable species, threatened by habitat loss.

Taxonomy

The plant was reclassified as Quercus × macdonaldii, a naturally occurring hybrid of Quercus pacifica and Quercus lobata, or possibly other oak species.

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