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Quercus
Bear oak (
Quercus ilicifolia
)
General Plant Information (
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Plant Habit:
Shrub
Tree
Life cycle:
Perennial
Sun Requirements:
Full Sun
Water Preferences:
Dry
Plant Height
:
10 to 20 feet (3-6 m)
Leaves:
Deciduous
Dynamic Accumulator:
K (Potassium)
Common names
Bear oak
Scrub oak
Oak
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![Date: c. 1865
illustration [as Q. banisteri] by H. J. Redouté from Michaux's '](/pics/2022-08-08/scvirginia/0fa001-250.jpg "Date: c. 1865
illustration [as Q. banisteri] by H. J. Redouté from Michaux's '")
