Bear Oak

This oak, also called Scrub Oak, is a large shrub growing full-size at 12 to 20 high. Its native range is from southern Maine into parts ...Read Moreof New England and New York, much of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New Jersey, spots in Delaware, and the border area of Virginia with West Virginia. It usually grows in sandy or rocky, dry soils but can do clay soils also. Wide pH range of 4 to 7.5. Bears small acorns in large numbers in fall and early winter, good for wildlife.

A small shrubby oak of the Northeastern Appalachian Mts. It usually forms small thickets.

The acorns are less than 3/8" lo...Read Moreng, and the small leaves(2" to 5") have the characteristic end bristles of the Red Oak clan.