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It began its life when it was planted in 1914. [5] During the Panama–California Exposition it was part of the San Diego County garden exhibit; as of 2017 it is the last remaining plant from the exhibit. [6] The area underneath it was fenced off to the public in 1989 due to damage to the fig caused by foot traffic. [5]
A single tree planted in a suburb of San Diego in the 1940s or 1950s has grown tall and straight, and to a large size, 108 feet (33 m). [28] Shipley Nature Center states it can grow to 148 ft (45 m) in height in cultivation. [29] [30] It is sold by at least ten different plant nurseries in California as of 2020. [25]
Quercus lobata, commonly called the valley oak or roble, is the largest of the California oaks. It is endemic to the state, growing in interior valleys and foothills from Siskiyou to San Diego counties. [4] Deciduous, it requires year-round groundwater, [5] [6] and may live up to 600 years.
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]
Prunus ilicifolia flowers. It is an evergreen shrub [4] or small tree approaching 15 metres (49 feet) in height, [12] with dense, hard leaves [4] (sclerophyllous foliage). The leaves are 1.6–12 centimetres (3 ⁄ 4 – 4 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches) long with a 4–25 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 –1 in) petiole [12] and spiny margins, somewhat resembling those of the holly.
San Diego Botanic Garden (SDBG) is a botanical garden in Encinitas, California. It displays more than 5,000 plant species and varieties and has 15 gardens that represent different regions of the world, 12 demonstration gardens, and the largest public bamboo collection in North America. The garden sits on 37 acres (15 ha) of land.
Entrance sign for the San Diego Zoo in 2005, featuring the Zoological Society of San Diego's "Tree of Life" logo used from 1974 to 2010. By 1921 the City Council appropriated $5,000 for maintenance and improvements to the Zoo, and the Zoo's current site, an area of 140 acres, was approved that fall as its permanent location.
Acanthomintha ilicifolia, known by the common name San Diego thornmint, is a rare species of flowering plant in the mint family.It is native to Baja California and San Diego County, California, where it is a resident of the chaparral and coastal sage scrub plant communities and vernal pools.