On Tue, 25 Jun 2013 18:48:30 -0700, wrote:

Your photo showing "oak sprouts" doesn't look anything like
I would have expected to see if it were showing real oak sprouts.
What makes you think the plants are oak sprouts???

Hmmm... they're under an oak tree (which bears acorns).
And, they "look" like the same leaves.
But, that's all I had to go by.

http://www2.picturepush.com/photo/a/...g/13411320.jpg

Having seen the majestic deeply lobate oaks of the east coast,
I do understand the leaf does not look like your common
eastern oaks ... but I still "think" it's an oak (due to the
fact that the momma bears acorns - and I don't know any other
tree that does that but an oak).

If it's not an oak, what is it?

Googling ... I see this Coast Live Oak:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_agrifolia

Or, maybe this Blue Oak:
http://www.hastingsreserve.org/oakstory/TreeOaks.html

And, these common-to-California oaks:
http://www.laspilitas.com/groups/oak...rnia_oak1.html

And, even these native California oaks:
http://www.stevenkharper.com/oakofcalifornia.html

Almost none of which have the classic East-Coast lobate leaf shape.