Dwarf live oak

Dwarf live oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Section:	Quercus
Series:	Virentes
Species:	Q. minima
Binomial name
Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small 1897
Synonyms
List Quercus virens var. dentata Chapm. 1860 not Quercus dentata Thunb. 1784 Quercus virginiana var. minima Sarg. 1895 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.

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. There are reports of the species also growing in Texas, but these populations appear to belong to other taxa.)

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