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  2. Live oak - Wikipedia

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    Live oak was widely used in early American butt shipbuilding.Because of the trees' short height and low-hanging branches, lumber from live oaks was used in curved parts of the frame, such as knee braces (single-piece, L-shaped braces that spring inward from the side and support the deck), in which the grain runs perpendicular to structural stress, making for exceptional strength.

  3. Quercus virginiana - Wikipedia

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    Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an evergreen oak tree endemic to the Southeastern United States. [5] Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South.

  4. Quercus fusiformis - Wikipedia

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    It is distinguished from Quercus virginiana (southern live oak) most easily by the acorns, which are slightly larger and with a more pointed apex. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 metre (40 inches) in trunk diameter – compared to 2.5 m (75 in) in diameter in southern live oak – with more erect branching and a less wide crown. [5]

  5. The Big Tree, Rockport - Wikipedia

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    The common name for the Quercus virginiana is the live oak but includes the names southern live oak and the Texas live oak too. Live oak growth rate and size vary by location. The largest examples tend to grow further inland, while live oaks in coastal regions are usually smaller. Therefore, the size of the "Big Tree" makes it a rare specimen ...

  6. Quercus agrifolia - Wikipedia

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    Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, [3] or coast live oak, is an evergreen [4] live oak native to the California Floristic Province.Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true deciduous tree. [5]

  7. Dreaming of summer peaches? Some gardening tips for ... - AOL

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    how to grow a peach tree Select a spot that receives at least six to eight hours of sunlight daily and test the soil’s pH . Peaches require a reading between 6.5 and 7.0.

  8. List of oldest trees - Wikipedia

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    Pando, a colony of quaking aspen, is one of the oldest-known clonal trees. Recent estimates of its age range up to 14,000 years old, and 16,000 years by the latest (2024) estimate. [1] It is located in Utah, United States. This is a list of the oldest-known trees, as reported in reliable sources. Definitions of what constitutes an individual ...

  9. Peach - Wikipedia

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    Peach trees are grown in well draining soils as they are vulnerable to disease in wet soils. They are most productive in topsoils approximately 45 to 60 centimetres (18 to 24 in) with a sandy loam character. [79] Most peach trees sold by nurseries are cultivars budded or grafted onto a suitable rootstock.