Quercus myrtifolia

Quercus myrtifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. myrtifolia
Binomial name
Quercus myrtifolia
Willd. 1805
Synonyms[1]

Quercus myrtifolia (myrtle oak)[2] is a North American species of oaks in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina).[3]

Quercus myrtifolia is an evergreen shrub or tree sometimes as much as 12 meters (40 feet) tall. It has leaves with no teeth or lobes, hairless on the upperside and also on the underside except along the veins.[4]

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