Quercus ilicifolia Wangenheim
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Detail
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Botanical Name
- Quercus ilicifolia Wangenheim
- Common Name
- Bear Oak, Scrub Oak
- Synonym(s)
- Flora of Virginia Name/Status
- Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.
- Comments
- This scrubby, northern oak is a distinguishing feature of many Central Appalachian vegetation types, as it is rare south of Virginia and West Virginia.
- Habitat
- Dry oak and oak-pine forests, pine-oak/heath woodlands, shale barrens, and other acidic rock outcrops. Common in the n. and c. mountains, south to Tazewell, Wythe, and Grayson counties; rare in the inner Piedmont.
- Native Status
- Native
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