bear oak

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bear oak - shrubby oak of southeastern United States usually forming dense thickets

scrub oak - any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets

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We get to create these fantastic kitchens from scratch using some beautiful materials like Bear Oak, and when we're finished it's nice to know we've given our customers exactly what they want."

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Cluster 5 contained plots from Ballston Spa 2 site and all Glens Falls plots; both had pitch pine, red oak and white pine as canopy dominants and a scattering of bear oak (Quercus ilicifolia) in the shrub layer.

Pitch pine (Pinus rigida Mill.) communities in northeastern New York state

An added trail loop takes you through dwarf pine barrens, home to short, stunted pitch pines and bear oaks. As with much of Long Island, this pine barren forest is fire-adapted.