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Quercus myrtifolia Willd.
Myrtle oak

Copyright by: George D. Gann

Family: Fagaceae

Group: Dicot

Substrate: Terrestrial

Habit: Tree

Perennation: Perennial

Native Range: Southeastern United States.

Map of select IRC data for peninsular Florida

IRC SOUTH FLORIDA Status: Secure

SOUTH FLORIDA Occurrence: Present

SOUTH FLORIDA Native Status: Native

SOUTH FLORIDA Cultivated Status: Cultivated

Comments: Visit our Natives For Your Neighborhood website for more information and images. For a digitized image of Elbert Little's Florida range map, visit the Exploring Florida website. See a 2019 post on the Treasure Coast Natives blog on myrtle oaks and their micro mites.

Other data on Quercus myrtifolia available from :

	Occurrence	Native Status
Quercus myrtifolia has been found in the following 59 conservation areas :
Babcock Ranch Preserve	Present	Native
Big Cypress National Preserve	Present	Native
Blazingstar Preserve	Present	Native
Bocilla Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Creeks Preserve	Present	Native
Caloosahatchee Regional Park	Present	Native
Cedar Point Environmental Park	Present	Native
Collier-Seminole State Park	Present	Native
County Line Scrub, Miami-Dade County	Present	Native
Crystal Lake Sand Pine Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Cypress Knee Slough Preserve	Present	Native
Danforth Park	Present	Native
Daskas	Present	Native
Delnor-Wiggins Pass State Park	Present	Native
Delray Oaks Natural Area	Present	Native
Dolphin Center and Dolphin Center Addition	Present	Native
Dupuis Reserve	Present	Native
Estero Bay Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Florida Atlantic University Ecological Site	Present	Native
Fort Lauderdale Ex. Airport Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Fred C. Babcock-Cecil M. Webb Wildlife Management Area	Present	Native
Frenchman's Forest Natural Area	Present	Native
Gomez	Present	Native
Gopher Tortoise Preserve	Present	Native
Greynolds Park	Present	Native
Halpatiokee Regional Park	Present	Native
Hickey Creek Mitigation Park Wildlife and Environmental Area	Present	Native
High Ridge Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Highlands Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Hobe Sound National Wildlife Refuge	Present	Native
Hobe Sound Sandhill	Present	Native
Hugh Taylor Birch State Park	Recorded as Present in Error
Jonathan Dickinson State Park	Present	Native
Juno Dunes Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area	Present	Native
Jupiter Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Kiplinger	Present	Native
Koreshan State Historic Site	Present	Native
Loggerhead Park	Present	Native
Loxahatchee River Natural Area	Present	Native
Military Trail Natural Area	Present	Native
Peck Lake Park	Present	Native
Pine Island Ridge Natural Area	Present	Native
Prairie Pines Preserve	Present	Native
Railhead Scrub Preserve	Present	Native
Rocky Point Hammock	Present	Native
Rookery Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Ridge Preserve	Present	Native
Rosemary Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Savannas Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Scrub Oak Park	Present	Native
Seabranch Preserve State Park	Present	Native
Seacrest Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Serenoa Glade Preserve	Present	Native
Tilton	Present	Native
Tradewinds Park & Stables	Present	Native
Twin Rivers	Present	Native
Yamato Scrub Natural Area	Present	Native
Yellow Fever Creek Preserve	Present	Native

	Occurrence	Native Status
Quercus myrtifolia has been found in the following 5 counties :
Broward County		Native
Collier County		Native
Martin County		Native
Miami-Dade County		Native
Palm Beach County		Native