Quercus agrifolia
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Quercus agrifolia, commonly known as the coast live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to coastal California and northern Baja California, where it is a dominant species in many woodland and chaparral habitats.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quercus agrifolia canonical | 2 |
| California live oak | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3396846 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Quercus agrifolia Context triple: [California chaparral and woodlands ecoregion, floraIncludes, Quercus agrifolia]
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Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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Quercus wislizeni
Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
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C.
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
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D.
Quercus
Quercus is a large genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as oaks, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and ecologically important for their hardwood and acorn production.
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E.
California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Quercus agrifolia Target entity description: Quercus agrifolia, commonly known as the coast live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to coastal California and northern Baja California, where it is a dominant species in many woodland and chaparral habitats.
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A.
Quercus douglasii
Quercus douglasii, commonly known as blue oak, is a drought-tolerant deciduous oak tree native to California’s interior woodlands and foothills.
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B.
Quercus wislizeni
Quercus wislizeni is an evergreen oak tree species native to California, commonly found in the Sierra Nevada foothills and surrounding regions.
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C.
Chrysolepis
Chrysolepis is a small genus of evergreen trees and shrubs native to western North America, commonly known as chinquapins, that produce spiny burrs containing edible nuts.
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D.
Quercus
Quercus is a large genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as oaks, widespread in the Northern Hemisphere and ecologically important for their hardwood and acorn production.
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California redwood
The California redwood is a towering, long-lived coniferous tree native to the coastal and mountainous regions of California, renowned for being among the tallest and largest trees on Earth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angiosperm
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evergreen oak ⓘ tree species ⓘ vascular plant ⓘ |
| associatedWith | California chaparral plant communities ⓘ |
| barkColor | dark gray ⓘ |
| barkTexture | furrowed ⓘ |
| climateZone | Mediterranean climate ⓘ |
| commonName |
Quercus agrifolia
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
California live oak
coast live oak ⓘ |
| dispersal | animal-dispersed acorns ⓘ |
| distribution |
Baja California
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surface form:
Baja California, Mexico
California, United States ⓘ |
| dominantSpeciesIn | coastal California oak woodlands ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | keystone species in coastal California ecosystems ⓘ |
| evergreen | true ⓘ |
| family |
oak family (Fagaceae)
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surface form:
Fagaceae
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| flowerType | catkin ⓘ |
| fruitType | acorn ⓘ |
| genus | Quercus ⓘ |
| growthForm | tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
chaparral
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coastal woodland ⓘ oak woodland ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| latinEpithetMeaning | holly-leaved ⓘ |
| leafArrangement | alternate ⓘ |
| leafMargin | spiny-toothed ⓘ |
| leafShape | oblong to oval ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
coastal California
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northern Baja California ⓘ |
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| providesHabitatFor |
birds
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insects ⓘ mammals ⓘ |
| reproductiveType | monoecious ⓘ |
| sensitiveTo | sudden oak death ⓘ |
| soilPreference | well-drained soils ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
mild coastal climate
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summer drought ⓘ |
| typicalHeight | 10–25 meters ⓘ |
| usedFor |
ornamental planting
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shade tree ⓘ |
| woodUsedFor | fuelwood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: Quercus agrifolia Description of subject: Quercus agrifolia, commonly known as the coast live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to coastal California and northern Baja California, where it is a dominant species in many woodland and chaparral habitats.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.