Quercus ilicifolia Wangenheim

Locations ofQuercus ilicifolia Wangenheim in Virginia

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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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