Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree to 20 metres (66 ft) tall in the ring-cupped oaks subgenus. It has several common names, including Bamboo-leaf Oak, Chinese Evergreen Oak, and Chinese Ring-cupped Oak. Its Chinese name is 小叶青冈; pinyin:xiǎo yè qīng gāng, which means little leaf ring-cupped Oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree). It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Northern Thailand, and Vietnam.