Common Names: Mexican Blue Oak
Habitat: found in oak woodlands on foothills, mountains, and at the edges of desert grasslands in southern Arizona and into Mexico
Flowers: flowers unknown; acorns are 0.5 to 0.75 inches long, cupped one third of the way down
Description: An evergreen oak tree, similar to but distinguished from Arizona White Oak by its hairless, smooth edged leaves. Leaves are oval, blue green on the top, pale underneath, stiff, about 2 inches long, though occasionally larger. Mexican Blue Oak may resemble a shrub when young, but can grow up to 2 feet in diameter and 30 feet in height; bark is pale gray, and divided into plates or strips.
Comments: Acorns are eaten by deer and other animals; wood is heavy and hard.