Quercus chrysolepis
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Quercus chrysolepis, commonly known as canyon live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to western North America, notable for its hard, dense wood and adaptability to a wide range of mountainous habitats.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Quercus chrysolepis canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13396845 — 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.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quercus chrysolepis Context triple: [Quercus, hasSpecies, Quercus chrysolepis]
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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.
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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C.
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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D.
Quercus agrifolia
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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E.
Frangula californica
Frangula californica is a species of California-native shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, commonly known as California coffeeberry, valued for its wildlife-friendly berries and use in habitat restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Quercus chrysolepis Target entity description: Quercus chrysolepis, commonly known as canyon live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to western North America, notable for its hard, dense wood and adaptability to a wide range of mountainous 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.
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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C.
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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D.
Quercus agrifolia
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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E.
Frangula californica
Frangula californica is a species of California-native shrub or small tree in the buckthorn family, commonly known as California coffeeberry, valued for its wildlife-friendly berries and use in habitat restoration.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evergreen plant
ⓘ
species of oak ⓘ tree ⓘ |
| acornMaturationTime | two years ⓘ |
| barkColor | gray ⓘ |
| commonName |
canyon live oak
ⓘ
golden cup oak ⓘ |
| describedBy | Asa Gray ⓘ |
| dispersalAgent |
birds
ⓘ
rodents ⓘ |
| distributionRegion |
Coast Ranges of California
ⓘ
linked to:
Coastal Ranges
Peninsular Ranges ⓘ Sierra Nevada ⓘ Transverse Ranges ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole |
forest canopy species
ⓘ
wildlife food source ⓘ |
| family |
Fagaceae
ⓘ
linked to:
oak family (Fagaceae)
|
| genus | Quercus ⓘ |
| growthForm |
shrub
ⓘ
tree ⓘ |
| habitat |
canyons
ⓘ
mountainous regions ⓘ rocky slopes ⓘ |
| is |
angiosperm
ⓘ
broadleaf tree ⓘ |
| kingdom | Plantae ⓘ |
| leafMargin |
entire
ⓘ
spiny-toothed ⓘ |
| leafType | evergreen ⓘ |
| lifeCycle | perennial ⓘ |
| nativeTo |
Arizona
ⓘ
Baja California ⓘ California ⓘ
linked to:
California, United States
Oregon ⓘ western North America ⓘ
linked to:
Western North America
|
| order | Fagales ⓘ |
| photosyntheticPathway | C3 ⓘ |
| pollination | wind-pollinated ⓘ |
| reproductiveStructure | acorn ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| tolerates |
drought
ⓘ
poor soils ⓘ shade ⓘ |
| woodProperty |
dense
ⓘ
hard ⓘ |
| woodUse |
charcoal
ⓘ
fuelwood ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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.
Input
Subject: Quercus chrysolepis Description of subject: Quercus chrysolepis, commonly known as canyon live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to western North America, notable for its hard, dense wood and adaptability to a wide range of mountainous habitats.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.