Quercus ilicifolia
Read about Quercus ilicifolia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Quercus ilicifolia, Wang. (Q. Banisteri, Michx. Q. nana, Sarg.). Bear or Scrub Oak. Intricately branched, spreading shrub to 10 ft. high, rarely small tree to 20 ft.: lvs. pinnately lobed. with usually 2 broad triangular lobes on each side, dark green and glabrous above,whitish tomentulose beneath, 2-5 in. long: fr. short- stalked ;acorn globose-ovoid, 1/2in. or less high, embraced about one-half by the saucer-shaped cup. Maine to Va., west to Ohio and Ky. S.S. 8:424. Em. 1:170. —Growing naturally on dry rocky soil and forming dense thickets; it may be used for covering barren rocky ridges and hillsides. Hybrids with Q. coccinea, Q. velutina, Q. marilandica, and Q. Phellos are known.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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