Live Oak
Quercus virginiana
Evergreen-Trees
(Detailed plant information can be found at the bottom of the page.)
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Quercus virginiana Plant Information
| Classification | |
|---|---|
| Scientific Name: | Quercus virginiana |
| Common Name: | live oak |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Suggested Uses: | shade, street, park, golf course tree |
| Characteristics | |
| Height: | 20 - 50 feet tall |
| Spread: | 40 - 90 feet wide |
| Foliage: | alternate, simple, and evergreen margins can be entire and revolute (turn under), slightly lobed, or spiny up to 3 inches long and 1 inch wide |
| Flower: | monoecious |
| Fruit: | acorn up to 1 inch long covered up to one third by cap |
| Bark: | black and blocky in older trees |
| Environment | |
| Soil: | tolerates many soil types |
| USDA Zone: | zones 7 - 10 |
| Care | |
| Pests & Pathology: | oak wilt has been reported to infect live oak leaves often have insect galls (larva) that do not damage tree |
| Additional Notes: | very adaptable plant in the red oak group |
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