Geographical Monikers
The Coast Live Oak, especially in its Spanish forms encino or encina, encinitas "little oaks", and encinal "oak grove", gave its name to seven land grants across California and to many communitities and geographic features.
These include Rancho Los Encinos, the community of Encino near Los Angeles, Encinitas near San Diego, and Encinal del Temescal, now the city of Oakland.
Paso Robles ('Pass of the Oaks') also refers to oaks as a geographical place name.
Read more about this topic: Quercus Agrifolia
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