1. Small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas
   - myrtle oak, seaside scrub oak

Type of: scrub oak

• genus Lepisosteus
• genus Lepomis
• genus Leptarrhena
• genus Leptinotarsa
• genus Leptodactylus
• genus Leptoglossus
• genus Leptopteris
• genus Leptoptilus
• genus Leptospira
• genus Leptotyphlops
• genus Lepus
• genus Lespedeza
• genus Lesquerella
• genus Leucadendron
• genus Leucaena
• genus Leucanthemum
• genus Leuciscus
• genus Leucocytozoan
• genus Leucocytozoon
• genus Leucogenes
• genus Leucothoe
• genus Levisticum
• genus Lewisia
• genus Leycesteria
• genus Leymus