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 |
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20m max. height |
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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 |
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15m max. height |
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50-100 years to maturity |
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