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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 .
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.
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]
Quercus fusiformis is an evergreen tree in the southern live oaks section of the genus Quercus (section Virentes). [6] It is distinguished from Quercus virginiana (southern live oak) most easily by the acorns , which are slightly larger and with a more pointed apex.
Quercus fusiformis Small – Texas live oak or plateau live oak – # south central North America; Quercus geminata Small – sand live oak – # southeastern United States; Quercus minima (Sarg.) Small – dwarf live oak – # southeastern North America; Quercus oleoides Schltdl. & Cham. – # from Costa Rica into Mexico
Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak.Its leaves are a glossy dark green on the upper surface with prominent spines; a further identification arises from the leaves of canyon live oak being geometrically flat.
An octopus-like southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Jacksonville, Florida. It is estimated to be 250 years old and is located in Treaty Oak Park in the Southbank area of Downtown Jacksonville. Treaty Oak: Plateau live oak (Quercus fusiformis) Austin, USA 500 A 500-year old plateau live oak (Quercus fusiformis) in Austin, Texas.
Sand live oak at sunrise. Quercus geminata, commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the coastal regions of the subtropical southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from southern Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and along the Gulf Coast westward to southern Mississippi, [5] on seacoast dunes and on white sands in evergreen oak scrubs.