Quercus john-tuckeri

{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}

{{speciesbox

| name = Tucker's oak

| image = Quercus john-tuckeri - hungry valley, old ridge route.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Jerome, D. |date=2020 |title=Quercus john-tuckeri |volume=2020 |page=e.T86583133A171682361 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T86583133A171682361.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}

| genus = Quercus

| display_parents = 2

| parent = Quercus sect. Quercus

| species = john-tuckeri

| authority = Nixon & C.H.Mull.

| synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |id=kew-173406 |taxon=Quercus john-tuckeri |authority=Nixon & C.H.Müll.}}

| synonyms =

• Quercus turbinella subsp. californica Tucker
• Quercus turbinella var. californica (Tucker) L.D.Benson

}}

Quercus john-tuckeri is a North American species of oak known by the common name Tucker oak, or Tucker's oak.Nixon, K. C. and C. H. Muller. (1994). New names in California oaks. Novon 4:4 391-93. It is endemic to California, where it grows in the chaparral and oak woodlands of mountain slopes in the western Transverse Ranges, the southernmost Central Coast Ranges, and the margins of the Mojave Desert.{{Calflora|Quercus john-tuckeri}} The species is named after John M. Tucker, professor of botany (1947–1986) at the University of California at Davis, specialist in Quercus.