Flora of the Southeastern United States

Quercus minima (Sargent) Small. Common name: Dwarf Live Oak; Runner Oak. Phenology: Apr; Sep-Nov (of the same year). Habitat: Florida dry prairies, dry to wet pine flatwoods, coastal fringe sandhills, pine rocklands. Distribution: Se. NC (New Hanover County) south to s. FL, west to s. MS.

Origin/Endemic status: Endemic

Other Comments: This is one of the lowest-growing oak species in our flora, flowering and fruiting in often dense, geoxylic stands in dry-mesic, fire-prone habitats. Along with Aristida beyrichiana and Serenoa repens, it is one of the co-dominant species in Florida dry prairies.

Synonymy ⓘ: = Fl2, FNA3, K4, NS, POWO, S, S13, WH3; = n/a — RAB; = Quercus virens Aiton var. dentata Chapm.; Quercus virginiana P. Miller var. minima Sargent. Basionym: Quercus virginiana Mill. var. minima Sarg. 1895

Links to other floras: = Quercus minima - FNA3

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Wetland Indicator Status:

• Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: FAC (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)

Heliophily ⓘ: 9