Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak) Mature 3-6ft Ecology: snowdrop bush is uncommonly

Ecology:  snowdrop bush is uncommonly found in chaparral woodlands of California

The stems and flowers of this plant are great for bouquets

The crown is broad spreading

And there is a vast world of varieties that goes well beyond the common grocery store offerings

Quercus kelloggii (California Black Oak) Mature 3-6ft Ecology: snowdrop bush is uncommonlyDeciduous tree, 40 80 ft (12 24 m), open, rounded crown, may be a shrub at high elevations, to 15 ft (4. 5 m). Bark dark gray or black, smooth on young trees and broad, irregularly plated ridges. Leaves alternate, simple, 8 15 cm long, sharply cut into 7 11 lobes, which toothed, each tooth ending in a bristle, base often obtuse or wedge shaped, upper surface glossy green, paler below, both surfaces of young leaves sometimes pubescent and dusty rose or