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Quercus ilicifolia, commonly known as bear oak or scrub oak, is a small shrubby oak native to the Eastern United States and, less commonly, in southeastern Canada.Its range in the United States extends from Maine to North Carolina, with reports of a few populations north of the international frontier in Ontario. [3]
Scrub oak is a common name for several species of small, shrubby oaks. It may refer to: the Chaparral plant community in California, ...
In cooler, more exposed areas, scrub oak is usually a small, compact shrub, but in warm or sheltered areas the plant can spread out and grow several metres high. [ 4 ] It has oval to egg-shaped, sharply toothed, dull green leaves which are 1.4–3 centimetres ( 1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 1 ⁄ 8 inches) long [ 3 ] and 1–2 cm ( 1 ⁄ 2 –1 in) broad ...
It is also regionally called scrub oak, oak brush, and white oak. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The common and scientific names, Gambel oak and Quercus gambelii , were named after the American naturalist William Gambel (1821–1849).
It is in the white oak section, Quercus sect. Quercus, and is also called mossycup oak, mossycup white oak, blue oak, or scrub oak. The acorns are the largest of any North American oak (thus the species name macrocarpa, from Ancient Greek μακρός makrós "large" and καρπός karpós "fruit"), and are important food for wildlife.
The word chaparral is a loanword from Spanish chaparro, meaning place of the scrub oak, which itself comes from a Basque word, txapar, that has the same meaning. Conservation International and other conservation organizations consider chaparral to be a biodiversity hotspot [ 5 ] – a biological community with a large number of different ...
– California scrub oak – # California; Quercus bicolor Willd. – swamp white oak – eastern and midwestern North America; Quercus × bimundorum E.J.Palmer — two worlds oak; Quercus boyntonii Beadle – Boynton's post oak – south central North America; Quercus canariensis Willd. – Mirbeck's oak or Algerian oak – # North Africa & Spain
Quercus pungens, commonly known as the sandpaper oak or scrub oak, is a North American species evergreen or sub-evergreen shrub or small tree in the white oak group. There is one recognised variety, Quercus pungens var. vaseyana , the Vasey shin oak . [ 3 ]