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The Boyington Oak, an approximately 180-year-old southern live oak in Mobile, Alabama, that is known for the folklore surrounding its origin. [24] [25] The Cellon Oak, with a circumference of 9 m (30 ft), a height of 26 m (85 ft), and an average crown spread of 49 m (160 ft), is the largest recorded live oak tree in Florida.
Quercus falcata, also called southern red oak, spanish oak, [4] bottomland red oak or three-lobed red oak is an oak (part of the genus Quercus).Native to the southeastern United States, it gets its name the "Spanish Oak" as these are the areas of early Spanish colonies, whilst "southern red oak" comes from both its range and leaf color during late summer and fall. [5]
However, the two species are now recognized to significantly differ in several key morphological and ecological features. Cherrybark oak occurs on moist, bottomland sites, while southern red oak typically occurs in drier uplands sites with poor soil. Leaves of southern red oak generally have rounded (U-shaped) bases and fewer, more irregularly ...
Quercus georgiana leaves Brown winter leaves on Georgia oak. The shiny green leaves are 4–13 centimeters (1 + 1 ⁄ 2 –5 inches) long and 2–9 cm (1– 3 + 1 ⁄ 2 in) wide, with a 0.6–2.3 cm (1 ⁄ 4 –1 in) petiole, and five irregular, pointed, bristle-tipped lobes; they are glabrous (hairless), except for small but conspicuous tufts of hairs in the vein axils on the underside.
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.
Quercus marilandica is a small deciduous tree growing to 15 meters (49 feet) tall, with bark cracked into rectangular black plates with narrow orange fissures. The leaves are 7–20 centimeters (3–8 inches) long and broad, and typically flare from a tapered base to a broad three-lobed bell shape with only shallow indentations.
Quercus dumosa Nutt. – coastal scrub oak – # southern California, Baja California, Arizona; Quercus durata Jeps. – leather oak – # California; Quercus edwardsiae C.H.Mull. – Mexico; Quercus engelmannii Greene – Engelmann oak – # southern California, Baja California; Quercus estremadurensis O.Schwarz – Portugal, Spain, Morocco
The Myrtle Oak often grows as a shrub, but can also take the form of a tree. In maturity it grows to 15–20 feet (4.6–6.1 m) tall and 8–10 feet (2.4–3.0 m) wide. It is considered a red oak. [9] The leaves are simple alternate. [10] They appear dark green with a yellow-green underside. The leaves have a leathery texture, and an obovate ...