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Scrub oak

Scrub oak is a common name for several species of small, shrubby oaks. It may refer to:

  • the Chaparral plant community in California, or to one of the following species.

In California

  • California scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia), a widespread species commonly referred to as scrub oak
  • Coastal scrub oak (Quercus dumosa), although currently defined in a narrow sense, has been applied to other scrub oaks now considered separate species

;Other California species referred to as "scrub oaks"

  • Leather oak (Quercus durata)
  • Tucker oak (Quercus john-tuckeri)
  • Island scrub oak (Quercus pacifica)

In the Southwestern United States

  • Coahuila scrub oak (Quercus intricata), in the US, it is reported at only two sites: One in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, and the other 15 miles SW of Van Horn.
  • Gambel oak (Quercus gambelii)The hybrid of Q. gambelii and Q. turbinella is Quercus × pauciloba, synonym Quercus undulata.
  • Gray oak (Quercus grisea), in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
  • Emory oak (Quercus emoryi)
  • Pungent oak (Quercus pungens)
  • Sonoran scrub oak (Quercus turbinella)

In the Northeastern United States

  • Bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia)
  • Britton's Oak (Quercus ×brittonii), a hybrid of Bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia) and Blackjack oak (Quercus marilandica)
  • Dwarf Chinkapin (Quercus prinoides), distribution extends to Midwest and South-Central U.S.

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) See also Florida scrub

Europe

  • Kermes oak (Quercus coccifera)
  • Gall oak (Quercus lusitanica)

Others

  • Santa Cruz Island oak (Quercus parvula)
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