Quercus myrtifolia Willd.

Florida, near sea level; South Carolina; Mississipi;

to 9 m tall; often shrubby;

2-5 x 1.2-3 cm; evergreen; oboval to elliptic; thick; apex rounded often mucronate; base cuneate to rounded; margin revolute, entire or sometimes with 1-3 pairs of minute, bristle-tipped teeth; shiny dark green, hairless above; yellow green beneath with axil rusty tufts; 6-8 vein pairs; petiole glabrescent, 2-5 mm long;

spring;

acorn globose, 1-1.2 cm in diameter; turning blackish; sessile; 1 to 2 together, sessile or on a short peduncle; cup with appressed grey scales, covering less than 1/3 of nut; maturing in 2 years;

hardy zone 7 (withstands -14 ° C); prefers dry, sandy soils;

– A.Camus : n° 403; – Sub-genus Quercus, section Lobatae, subsection Phellos; – Hybridizes with Q.incana = Q.x oviedoensis Sarg., (but this taxon could be a form of Q.inopina …)