Summary ³

Quercus minima, the Dwarf Live Oak, is a rhizomatous oak tree. Growth is shrub-like, commonly forming extensive cloned colonies. Leaves are alternate, simple, and entire or with irregular teeth or lobes. Lobes, when present, are usually spine tipped. Leaves are retained through the winter, dropping just before or as new growth resumes in late winter or early spring. It is native to the southeastern United States from Louisiana (possibly Texas) eastward to Florida and Northward along...

National distribution ⁴

United States

Regularity: Regularly occurring

Currently: Unknown/Undetermined

Confidence: Confident

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More Info

• iNat taxon page
• Biodiversity Heritage Library
• BOLD Systems BIN search
• eFloras.org
• Flora of North America (beta)
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
• HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
• IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
• NatureServe Explorer 2.0
• SEINet Symbiota portals
• Tropicos
• USDA PLANTS database
• World Flora Online

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