Quercus minima

Dwarf live oak
Scientific classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Quercus ser. Virentes
Species:	Q. minima
Binomial name
	Quercus minima; (Sarg.) Small
Synonyms
	List Quercus virens var. dentata Chapm. ; Quercus virginiana var. minima Sarg. ; Quercus andromeda f. nana Trel. ; Quercus geminata var. succulenta (Small) Trel. ; Quercus minima f. pygmaea (Sarg.) Trel. ; Quercus minima var. pygmaea (Sarg.) A.Camus ; Quercus minima f. reasoneri Trel. ; Quercus pygmaea (Sarg.) Ashe ; Quercus succulenta Small ; Quercus virginiana subsp. dentata (Chapm.) A.E.Murray ; Quercus virginiana var. dentata (Chapm.) Sarg. ; Quercus virginiana var. pygmaea Sarg. ;

Quercus minima, the dwarf live oak or minimal oak, is a North American species of shrubs in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern United States.

Quercus minima is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub rarely more than 2 meters (6.7 feet) tall, reproducing by seed and also by means of underground rhizomes. It commonly forms extensive cloned colonies with many stems, many of them unbranched. Leaves are alternate, up to 12 cm (4.8 inches) long, and toothless 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.^[3]

Quercus minima is native to the coastal plain of the southeastern United States, primarily in Florida but extending from there to the Carolinas and eastern Louisiana.^[4] There are reports of the species also growing in Texas, but these populations appear to belong to other taxa.^[3])^[5]

References

^ Small, John Kunkel (1897). "Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States.—II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 24 (9): 438.
^ "Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
^ ^a ^b Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus minima". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
^ "Quercus minima". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
^ USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Quercus minima". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

[1] Small, John Kunkel (1897). "Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States.—II". Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club. 24 (9): 438.

[2] "Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online

[FNA-3] Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus minima". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). Vol. 3. New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

[4] "Quercus minima". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.

[5] USDA, NRCS (n.d.). "Quercus minima". The PLANTS Database (plants.usda.gov). Greensboro, North Carolina: National Plant Data Team. Retrieved 2009-05-16.

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