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live oak
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live oak: see oak oak, any tree or shrub of the genus Quercus of the family Fagaceae ( beech family). This complex genus includes as many as 600, found chiefly in north temperate zones and also in Polynesia.
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live oak

Any of several North American ornamental and timber trees in the red-oak group of the genus Quercus in the beech family. The southern live oak (Q. virginiana) is a massive (50 ft, or 15 m, tall), durable evergreen tree. The trunk divides near the ground into several limbs that extend horizontally as much as two to three times the height of the tree. The elliptical leaves are dark green and glossy above, whitish and hairy below. A valuable timber tree, the southern live oak is also planted as a shade and avenue tree in the southern U.S. The oldest trees are 200–300 years old.



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Accounts from early travelers in Simi Valley show that the eastern floor from Stearns Street to Corriganville was called "El Roblaro," a woodland filled with big coast live oaks and valley oaks, Kuhn said.
ANOTHER GIANT OAK FALLING TO DEVELOPMENT'S IMPACT by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Although I've photographed trees from California redwoods to the South's lush live oaks, nothing has impressed me more than Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, near Robbinsville, North Carolina.
Lifelong love affair with trees by Dawe, Nancy Anne / American Forests
After Hurricane Katrina knocked over many live oaks, word got out that the museum's shipwrights were looking for live oak to use in the restoration.
Katrina wreckage gets new life by BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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