Common name
English: Bear Oak
German: Busch-Eiche
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2635)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2573)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2146)
Order: Fagales (32)
Family: Fagaceae (23)(family description)
Genus: Quercus (16)
Epithet: ilicifolia (Wangenh.) (1)
Synonyms: Quercus banisteri Michx., Quercus nana (Marshall) Sarg., Quercus pumila Sudw.
banisteri => in honor of Reverend John Baptist Banister (1650–92), English botanist in Virginia, USA
ilicifolia => from Latin, Ilex, holly and folium, a leaf
nana => dwarf
pumila => short, very small, low, small, dwarf
Characteristics
Climate: temperate
Habitat: mesophytic
Habit: tree
External links
Check for Quercus ilicifolia at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [1184] Quercus - Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database
