NOUN
- any of various chiefly American small shrubby oaks often a dominant form on thin dry soils sometimes forming dense thickets
How To Use scrub oak In A Sentence
- Basal diameter and height of each scrub oak stem within the plot were recorded.
- At the beach a mile later, after two deer in a patch of scrub oak bring the hikers to an awed standstill, the teachers present the day's lessons.
- They carefully moved and replanted some of the scrub oaks to allow sight lines from the house down to the water.
- Likewise, the chestnut-backed chickadees hide in the branches of the scrub oak awaiting an opportunity for a quick breakfast.
- Farther upland, usually between 3,000 and 5,000 feet, is chaparral, where scrub oaks, manzanitas, and various other shrubs join cacti and yuccas.
- There are smaller areas of Purple sage series, Bigpod ceanothus series, and Mixed scrub oak series. Santa Ynez - Sulphur Mountains (Bailey)
- The Fallen Road development used to be a thick pine woods with small scrub oak and dense thickets of cabbage palm.
- Secluded gurgling tubs overlook mountain landscapes of pinon, juniper and scrub oak.
- The Fallen Road development used to be a thick pine woods with small scrub oak and dense thickets of cabbage palm.
- They prefer grasslands, chaparral, and scrub oak areas to forage for food.