Quercus ilicifolia
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. The name ilicifolia means "holly-leaved."
| Quercus ilicifolia | |
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| Scrub oak in Nottingham, Pennsylvania, in June 2011 | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. ilicifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. 1787 not Salisb. 1864 nor Koord. & Valeton ex Seemen 1900 | |
| The geographic presence of Quercus ilicifolia in the Northeastern United States (highlighted in green) | |
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