scrub oak
English
Noun
scrub oak (plural scrub oaks)
- (US) the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak (genus Quercus, principally in the United States.
- In California:
- California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia)
- coastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), variously circumscribed.
- leather oak (Quercus durata)
- Tucker oak (Quercus john-tuckeri)
- island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica)
- Santa Cruz Island oak (Quercus parvula)
- in the southwestern United States:
- Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)
- Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)
- Sonoran scrub oak (Quercus turbinella)
- Quercus × pauciloba (=Quercus undulata)
- In the northeastern United States:
- bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
- in the southeastern United States
- Chapman oak (Quercus chapmanii)
- myrtle oak (Quercus myrtifolia)
- Sandhill oak (Quercus inopina)
- sand live oak (Quercus geminata)
- turkey oak (Quercus laevis)
- In Europe
- kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
- In California: