Range
In British Columbia, the Garry oak occurs on the Gulf Islands and southeastern Vancouver Island, from west of Victoria along the east side of the island up to the Campbell River area. There are also small populations along the Fraser River on the British Columbia mainland.
In Washington State, it grows on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, particularly in the Puget Sound lowlands, the northeastern Olympic Peninsula, Whidbey Island and the San Juan Islands. It also grows in the foothills of the southeastern Cascade Mountains and along the Columbia River Gorge.
In Oregon, the Garry oak grows on the west side of the Cascade Mountains, primarily in the Willamette, Umpqua and Rogue River Valleys, and along the Columbia River Gorge.
In California, the garryana variety grows in the foothills of the Siskiyou and Klamath Mountains, the Coast Ranges of Northern California, and of the west slope of the Cascade Mountains. The semota variety grows in the Sierra Nevada and Coast Ranges as far south as Los Angeles County.
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