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Quercus laurifolia is a tree growing to 20–24 meters (65–80 feet) (rarely to 40 m or 130 ft) tall, with a large, circular crown. The leaves are broad lanceolate, 2.5–12.7 centimeters (1–5 inches) long and 1.3–4.4 cm (1 ⁄ 2 – 1 + 3 ⁄ 4 in) broad, and unlobed (very rarely three-lobed) with an entire margin and a bristle tip; they typically fall just as the new leaves start to ...
The genus Quercus contains about 500 known species, plus about 180 hybrids between them. [1] The genus, as is the case with many large genera, is divided into subgenera and sections. Traditionally, the genus Quercus was divided into the two subgenera Cyclobalanopsis, the ring-cupped oaks, and Quercus, which included
Quercus laurifolia, sometimes called swamp laurel oak, diamond-leaf oak, obtusa oak, or water oak Index of plants with the same common name This page is an index of articles on plant species (or higher taxonomic groups) with the same common name ( vernacular name).
Quercus hemisphaerica is a medium-sized evergreen to semi-evergreen tree which can grow as tall as 35 meters (115 feet) with a trunk diameter of 1.5 m (5 ft), although it is more commonly around 18–20 m (59–66 ft) tall.
Quercus laevis: turkey oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes IUCN (LC) 819 Quercus laurifolia: laurel oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes IUCN (LC) 82 Quercus lyrata: overcup oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 822 Quercus macrocarpa: bur oak Fagaceae (beech family) Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IUCN (LC) 823 Quercus margarettiae: dwarf post oak
Native ash species, including white ash (pictured), have been declining rapidly this century due to predation by the emerald ash borer. [1]Silvics of North America (1991), [2] [3] a forest inventory compiled and published by the United States Forest Service, includes many hardwood trees.
Pines are often present as well. This forest is found in fire-sheltered locations surrounded by pine-dominated uplands, including slopes near rivers and sinkholes. Sand laurel oak (Quercus hemisphaerica) is the typical oak species; post oak (Quercus stellata), southern red oak (Quercus falcata), and white oak (Quercus alba) are associates. The ...
Chinkapin oak (Quercus muhlenbergii) Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) Overcup oak (Quercus lyrata) English oak (Quercus robur) Red oak. Northern red oak (Quercus rubra) Eastern black oak (Quercus velutina) Laurel oak (Quercus laurifolia) Southern red oak (Quercus falcata) Water oak (Quercus nigra) Willow oak (Quercus phellos) Nuttall's oak ...