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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]
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.
The Sutter Buttes in Northern California. Live Oak is located at (39.274518, -121.662003 [7]According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.5 square miles (6.5 km 2), all of it land.
Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak.Its leaves are a glossy dark green on the upper surface with prominent spines; a further identification arises from the leaves of canyon live oak being geometrically flat.
Quercus agrifolia, California Live Oak tree This page was last edited on 12 June 2023, at 11:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
A Palmer oak in Jurupa Valley is estimated to be 13,000 to 18,000 years old. ... Compared to rugged California live oaks, the Palmer oak looks more like a shrub and is made up of individual stems ...
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.
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