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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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   Southern live oak is cultivated in warmer climates as a specimen tree or for shade in the southern United States (zone 8 and south), Nuevo León and Tamaulipas states in Mexico, and in the warmer parts of the United States, Europe, and Australia. Cultivation is relatively simple, as southern live oak seedlings grow fast with ample soil moisture.

4. 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]

5. Local seedlings to nurture Savannah foundation's 'tree equity ...

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   The Savannah Tree Foundation's new nursery allows it to cultivate local seedlings that will more easily adapt to the area's characteristics.

6. How to Choose the Best Types of Oak Trees for Even the ... - AOL

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   Sternberg added a few other possibilities where space is limited: dwarf chinkapin oak (Quercus prinoides), 5-12 feet tall and wide, Zones 4-8; Georgia oak (Quercus georgiana), 26-50 feet tall, 15 ...

7. 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]