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Quercus chapmanii (Chapman's oak)

Other names: Quercus obtusiloba var. parvifolia

Q. chapmanii is a variable, upright, deciduous to semi-evergreen shrub or small tree with oblong to obovate, unlobed or shallowly lobed, glossy, dark green leaves, paler beneath, and yellow, male flower catkins in late winter and early spring followed by ovoid, green acorns turning brown when mature.
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5m max. spread

9m max. height

20-50 years to maturity

Quercus virginiana (Southern live oak)

Other names: Virginia live oak, Bay live oak, Scrub live oak, Plateau oak, Plateau live oak, Escarpment live oak, Encino, Coastal live oak

Q. virginiana is a tender, variable, spreading, semi-evergreen tree with stiff, leathery, glossy, elliptic to narrowly ovate, dark green leaves and catkins of green flowers followed by small, oblong, glossy, dark brown fruit.
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25m max. spread

20m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus engelmannii (Mesa oak)

Other names: Mesa live oak, Engelman oak, Pasadena oak

Q. engelmannii is a borderline hardy, spreading, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree with thick, leathery, oval to oblong, dull blue-green leaves and insignificant, pale yellow flowers in spring followed by ovoid to cylindrical, round-tipped acorns, half-enclosed with a warty cap.
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30m max. spread

15m max. height

50-100 years to maturity

Quercus faginea (Portuguese oak)

Other names: Lusitanian oak, Rebollo, Quejigo, Carvalho

Q. faginea is a spreading, deciduous to semi-evergreen tree with leathery, oblong to elliptic, glossy, toothed, dark or grey-green leaves, white-felted beneath, and pale yellow catkins in spring followed oblong to ovoid acorns.
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15m max. spread

20m max. height

20-50 Years to maturity