Scrub oak is a common name for several species of small, shrubby oaks. It may refer to:

• the Chaparral plant community in California, or to one of the following species.

In California

• California scrub oak ( Quercus berberidifolia), a widespread species commonly referred to as scrub oak
• Coastal scrub oak ( Quercus dumosa), although currently defined in a narrow sense, has been applied to other scrub oaks now considered separate species

Other California species referred to as "scrub oaks"

• Leather oak ( Quercus durata)
• Tucker oak ( Quercus john-tuckeri)
• Island scrub oak ( Quercus pacifica)

In the Southwestern United States

• Coahuila scrub oak ( Quercus intricata), in the US, it is reported at only two sites: One in the Chisos Mountains inside Big Bend National Park, and the other 15 miles SW of Van Horn.
• Gambel oak ( Quercus gambelii) ^{[note 1]}
• Gray oak ( Quercus grisea), in the mountains of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.
• Emory oak ( Quercus emoryi)
• Pungent oak ( Quercus pungens)
• Sonoran scrub oak ( Quercus turbinella) ^{[note 1]}

In the Northeastern United States

• Bear oak ( Quercus ilicifolia)
• Britton's Oak (Quercus ×brittonii), a hybrid of Bear oak ( Quercus ilicifolia) and Blackjack oak ( Quercus marilandica)
• Dwarf Chinkapin ( Quercus prinoides), distribution extends to Midwest and South-Central U.S.

In the Southeastern United States

• Chapman oak ( Quercus chapmanii)
• Myrtle oak ( Quercus myrtifolia)
• Sandhill oak ( Quercus inopina)
• Sand live oak ( Quercus geminata)
• Turkey oak ( Quercus laevis)

See also Florida scrub

Europe

• Kermes oak ( Quercus coccifera)
• Gall oak ( Quercus lusitanica)

Others

• Santa Cruz Island oak ( Quercus parvula)

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