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|accepted_name=Quercus ilicifolia
|accepted_authority=Wangenheim
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Beytr. Teut. Forstwiss.,
|place=79, plate 6, fig. 17. 1787
|year=1787
}}
|common_names=Bear oak;scrub oak
|special_status={{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=E
|label=Endemic
}}{{Treatment/ID/Special_status
|code=F
|label=Illustrated
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|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Quercus nana
|authority=(Marshall) Sargent
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Fagaceae;Quercus;Quercus sect. Lobatae;Quercus ilicifolia
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Fagaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Quercus]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>section</small>[[Quercus sect. Lobatae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Quercus ilicifolia]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 3
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Trees </b>or shrubs, deciduous, to 6 m. <b>Bark</b> dark gray, becoming shallowly fissured and scaly, inner bark pinkish. <b>Twigs</b> brown or yellowish brown, 1.5-3 mm diam., pubescent. <b>Terminal</b> buds dark reddish brown, ovoid, 2-4.5 mm, apex puberulent. <b>Leaves</b>: petiole (8-)10-25 mm, pubescent. <b>Leaf</b> blade ovate to elliptic or obovate, 50-120 × 30-90 mm, base cuneate to obtuse, margins with 3-7 acute lobes separated by shallow sinuses and 5-14 awns, apex acute; surfaces abaxially pale green to gray, tomentose, adaxially glossy dark green, glabrous, secondary veins raised on both surfaces. <b>Acorns</b> biennial; cup saucer-shaped to cup-shaped, 5-9 mm high × 10.5-17 mm wide, covering 1/4-1/3(-1/2) nut, outer surface puberulent, inner surface pubescent, scale tips tightly appressed, acute; nut ovoid to subglobose, 9.5-16 × 8-11 mm, striate, puberulent, scar diam. 4.8-7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 24.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry, sandy soils and open rocky outcrops
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|discussion=<p><i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> reportedly hybridizes with <i>Q. coccinea</i>, <i>Q. falcata</i>, <i>Q. imbricaria</i>, <i>Q. marilandica</i>, <i>Q. phellos</i>, <i>Q. rubra</i>, and <i>Q. velutina</i>.</p><!--
--><p>The Iroquois considered <i>Quercus ilicifolia</i> very helpful in treating gynecological problems (D. E. Moerman 1986).</p>
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-->{{#Taxon:
name=Quercus ilicifolia
|authority=Wangenheim
|rank=species
|parent rank=section
|synonyms=Quercus nana
|basionyms=
|family=Fagaceae
|phenology=Flowering spring.
|habitat=Dry, sandy soils and open rocky outcrops
|elevation=0-1500 m
|distribution=Conn.;Del.;Maine;Md.;Mass.;N.H.;N.J.;N.Y.;N.C.;Pa.;R.I.;Vt.;Va.;W.Va.
|reference=None
|publication title=Beytr. Teut. Forstwiss.,
|publication year=1787
|special status=Endemic;Illustrated
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|genus=Quercus
|section=Quercus sect. Lobatae
|species=Quercus ilicifolia
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