July 4,
Myles Standish State Forest, Carver
Photo taken in 2007. Both shrubby oaks used to prosper side by
side in this disturbed habitat--on piles of rocks along an
unpaved road at the West Entrance. While the more common scrub
oak was still there, dwarf chestnut oak disappeared by
2012 due to "roadside maintenance." Now there are invasive
plants instead.