Noun: interior live oak
- A small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral
"Interior live oak dominates many California foothill landscapes";
- Quercus wislizenii, Quercus wizlizenii
Derived forms: interior live oaks
Type of: live oak
Encyclopedia: Interior live oak