Open-canopy community dominated by stunted pitch pine, shrub oaks, and a dense layer of ericaceous shrubs in the Hudsonīarrens communities dominated by pitch pine with some scattered white oak and alba), chestnut oak, scarlet oak, and black oak possible

With some shortleaf pine, Virginia pine, white oak ( Q. Transition community dominated by same species as the plains community, but trees are larger withīarrens community with an open canopy dominated by pitch pine but Sassafras ( Sassafras spp.) occasionally present, all vegetation is less than 11 feet (3.4 m) tall Plains community type with a pitch pine overstory and post oak and Pitch pine/bear oak communities in the pine barrens region stellata) and chestnut oak forests of the central pine barrens Pitch pine woodlands in the central part of the state with shortleaf pine ( Pinus echinata) and Mixed oak-pine/huckleberry ( Quercus- Pinus- Gaylussacia spp.) vegetation types on Cape Cod Pitch pine/bear oak, manzanita ( Arctostaphylos spp.)-bear oak, Oak-northern bayberry ( Morella pensylvanica) communities of the Cape Cod National Seashore Pitch pine/bear oak/broom crowberry ( Corema conradii) and pitch pine/bear Shrublands on Nantucket Island and Martha's Vineyard, less common on Martha's Vineyard Pitch pine-bear oak communities dominate theĪrea immediately surrounding Halfway Pond in Plymouth County īlack huckleberry ( Gaylussacia baccata)-bear oak tall prinus)/bear oak vegetation in the Appalachian Province of Allegheny County

mixed deciduous forests dominated by red maple ( Acer rubrum), gray birch ( Betula populifolia), and quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides) with a lesser amount of pitch pine ( Pinus rigida)īear oak communities with dense bear oak thickets and scattered pitch pine Ĭhestnut oak ( Q.

Scrub or shrub oak communities mentioned included bear oak.īear oak is a dominant species in the following vegetation classifications: Oak, and dwarf chinkapin oak ( Quercus prinoides). This group may include any or all of the following species: bear oak, blackjack Much of the literature refers to a group of scrub or shrub oaks describingĪ community of shrubby oak species. STATES/PROVINCES: (key to state/province abbreviations)

Provides a map of bear oak's distribution. Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Hampshire, and Vermont bear oak is present in In both Ontario and North Carolina, bear oak is rare. , and the southernmost occurrence of bear oak is in North Carolina. The northernmost bear oak population occurs in the Granite Barren ecosystem of southern Ontario īear oak is considered threatened in North Carolina and endangeredĭISTRIBUTION AND OCCURRENCE SPECIES: Quercus ilicifoliaīear oak is primarily restricted to the northeastern United States. In New Jersey, a hybridization study revealed that although occupying a commonīlackjack oak were hybridizing but bear oak and black oak were not. Morphological characteristics intermediate between Q × brittonii hybrids studied in New Jersey had Quercus × robbinsii Trel., a cross with scarlet oak ( Q. Quercus × rehderi Trel., a cross with black oak ( Q. Quercus × giffordii Trel., a cross with willow oak ( Q. Quercus × fernaldii Trel., a cross with northern red oak ( Q. Quercus × caesariensis Moldenke, a cross with southern red oak ( Q. When habitats overlap, bear oak hybridizes with several species within the red The scientific name of bear oak is Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh. 2001 citation corrected to DeGraaf, Richard M. Available:ġ8 July 2013: DeGraaf, Richard M. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station,įire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). BOTANICAL AND ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS.

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