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Scientific name: Quercus myrtifolia
Other features:
* A red oak
* Common throughout Florida and southeast United States
* Along with the Inopina oak, the most common oak in scrub habitat
* Shrubby growth is an adaptation to the harsh scrub environment, poor soils, xeric conditions and resprouting after fire
* Forms tangled thickets and may be twisted
* Do not have to compete for light with taller vegetation
* Massive lateral root systems allow it to better absorb soil moisture
* Thick, waxy leaves help retain moisture
* If fire topkills scrub oak, the massive root systems resprout
* May live 100s of years
* Used by birds for nesting and cover
* Important food source for wild animals
* In folk legend, believed to bestow love and fertility
