

BEAR OAK; SCRUB OAK (Quercus nana, Su,rg.). 10 to 20 

 feet. Scrubby, round-topped, many-branched tree, in thick- 

 ets; trunks 5 to 6 inches in diameter. Bark smooth, brown, 

 with scaly surface. Wood used for fuel. Leaves obovate, 

 wedge-shaped at base, with 3 large lobes near apex, holly-like, 

 spiny tips on lobes; thick, firm, dark green above, tomentose, 

 silvery below, 2 to 5 inches long. Scarlet in autumn. Acorns 

 abundant, small, hah* covered with the fringed red-brown 

 cups. Eaten by bears. Dist.: Dry, sandy barrens and 

 ridges, Maine to Virginia and Kentucky. 



