Quercus pumila

Quercus pumila, the runner oak[4] or running oak,[5] is a North American species of oaks in the beech family. It is native to the southeastern United States (Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas).[4][6]

Quercus pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. pumila
Binomial name
Quercus pumila
Natural range
Synonyms[2][3]

Quercus pumila is a deciduous shrub usually less than one meter (39 inches) tall. Bark is gray or dark brown. Leaves are up to 10 cm (4 in) long, with no teeth or lobes, hairless or nearly so on the upper surface, the underside usually with a thick coat of reddish-brown hairs.[4]

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