scrub oak
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[edit]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:
- In the northeastern United States:
- in the southeastern United States
- In Europe
- In California: