Common (vernacular) names applied to California vascular plants
compiled by Elizabeth Painter
up to date as of May 1, 2016
Common names (also referred to as vernacular names) are applied differently at different times and places by different users. This list is compiled from many sources and is intended to be as comprehensive as possible. It is not intended to indicate which common name is correct or preferred. Please send comments about this page to Elizabeth Painter (beth.painter.48@gmail.com).
| Taxon | Notholithocarpus densiflorus var. densiflorus |
| group | Eudicots |
| Family | Fagaceae |
| Family common name(s) | oak; beech |
| Genus common name(s) | notholithocarpus; North American tanbark-oak; North American tanbark oak |
| Species common name(s) | California tanbark oak; California tanbark-oak; California tan-bark oak; California tan bark oak; California tanoak; California tan-oak; California tan oak; California chestnut oak; Californian chestnut oak; Oregon tanbark oak; Oregon tanoak; dense-flowered oak |
| | | | | Common name(s) generally applied to other taxa or multiple taxa | tan oak, tan-oak, tanoak, tanbark, tanbark oak, tanbark-oak, tan-bark oak, tan bark oak, chestnut oak, peach oak are applied to multiple Fagaceae taxa |
| | | | | Synonymy: The Jepson Manual (1993), FNA, PLANTS, etc | Lithocarpus densiflorus (Hook. & Arn.) Rehder var. densiflorus; Quercus densiflora Hook. & Arn. var. densiflora |
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