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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]
The "Henley Oak", in Covelo, California, is the tallest known valley oak, at 47 m (153 ft). [7] [8] The branches have an irregular, spreading and arching appearance. During autumn, the leaves turn a yellow to light orange color but become brown later in the season. In advancing age, the branches droop. The trees have pewter-colored rippled bark ...
An example of very rocky and serpentine soil tolerance is the species occurrence at the Cedars of Sonoma County, California. [14] Canyon live oak grows at elevations of about 500 to 1,500 m (1,600 to 4,900 ft) in southwestern Oregon; in Northern California, from 100 to 1,400 m (330 to 4,590 ft); and in Southern California, up to approximately ...
According to the Live Oak Society the oldest southern live oak is believed to be the Seven Sisters Oak located in Mandeville, Louisiana with an estimated age of 500–1,000 years. [3] The southern live oak is the official state tree of Georgia. The Seal of Texas includes a live oak branch. A small grove of live oaks on a prairie is known as a ...
Oregon oak woodland is found in Northern California's Klamath-Siskiyou, Northern Coast Ranges, and southern Cascade Range.These woodlands are composed primarily of Oregon oak (Q. garryana), interior live oak (Q. wislizeni), and coast live oak, together with California black oak, canyon live oak, blue oak, Pacific madrone (Arbutus menziesii), California bay (Umbellularia californica), incense ...
California black oak (Quercus kelloggii) - in the higher hills and mountains. Canyon live oak (Quercus chrysolepis) - found mainly in northern mountainous regions. Interior live oak (Quercus wislizeni) in the Central Valley region. Island oak (Quercus tomentella) - endemic with distinctive large evergreen leaves.