Scrub oak

Definition of Scrub oak

(Bot.) the popular name of several dwarfish species of oak. The scrub oak of New England and the Middle States is Quercus ilicifolia, a scraggy shrub; that of the Southern States is a small tree (Q. Catesbæi); that of the Rocky Mountain region is Q. undulata, var. Gambelii.

See also: Scrub

Related Words

bear oak, blackjack, blackjack oak, jack oak, myrtle oak, oak, oak tree, Quercus ilicifolia, Quercus marilandica, Quercus myrtifolia, seaside scrub oak
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