11. Quercus minima
If Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata) is a dwarf form of Live Oak (Quercus virginiana), then Dwarf Live Oak (Quercus minima) is a dwarf form of Sand Live Oak (Quercus geminata). It is also known, therefore, as Double-Dwarf Oak.
You might easily mistake a forest of Quercus minima as a Gopher Apple patch or even wax myrtle. It would be hard to think “oak forest” upon initial vantage.
Dwarf Live Oaks also act as host plants for the larvae of the Red-Banded Hairstreak (Calycopis cecrops) and the White-M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album).
23. Mature leaf blades densely tomentose with stellate hairs on the lower surface, the blade shape mostly elliptic, sometimes slightly broader towards the apex, sometimes shallowly lobed along the margin 24. Shrubs, usually 1.5 m tall or less when mature
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