Quercus minima
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
{{speciesbox
| name = Dwarf live oak
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = G5
| status2_system = TNC
| image = Dwarf-Live-Oak.jpg
| genus = Quercus
| display_parents = 3
| parent = Quercus sect. Virentes
| species = minima
| synonyms_ref = {{ThePlantList |id=kew-173948 |taxon=Quercus minima |authority=(Sarg.) Small}}
| synonyms =
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|Quercus virens var. dentata Chapm.{{cite journal |last=Small |first=John Kunkel |date=1897 |title=Shrubs and Trees of the Southern States.—II. |periodical=Bulletin of the Torrey Botanical Club |volume=24 |issue=9 |page=[https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/715915 438]}}
|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.
}}
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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. It is placed in the southern live oaks section of the genus Quercus (section Virentes).{{Cite web |last1=Denk |first1=Thomas |last2=Grimm |first2=Guido W. |last3=Manos |first3=Paul S. |last4=Deng |first4=Min |last5=Hipp |first5=Andrew L. |date=2017 |title=Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks |website=figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1 |access-date=2023-02-18 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }}
Description
Quercus minima is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub rarely more than {{Convert|2|m|ft|abbr=off|frac=2}} tall, reproducing by seed and also by means of underground rhizomes. It commonly forms extensive cloned colonies with many stems, many of them unbranched. The leaves are alternate, up to {{Convert|12|cm|abbr=off|frac=2}} long, and toothless or with irregular teeth or lobes. The lobes, when present, are usually spine-tipped. The leaves are retained through the winter, dropping just before or as new growth resumes in late winter or early spring.
Distribution
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.{{BONAP |genus=Quercus |species=minima |date=2014}} There are reports of the species also growing in Texas, but these populations appear to belong to other taxa.{{eFloras|1|233501062|Quercus minima |family=Fagaceae |first=Kevin C. |last=Nixon}}{{PLANTS |symbol=QUMI2 |taxon=Quercus minima |access-date=2009-05-16}}
Conservation
The IUCN conservation status is Least Concern (LC). The NatureServe conservation status is G5 Secure.Quercus minima. (n.d.). NatureServe. Retrieved December 2, 2024, from https://explorer.natureserve.org/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.145667/Quercus_minima
References
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Category:Flora of the Southeastern United States