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  Live oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Live oak is a general term for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that happen to share the character of evergreen foliage.
The name live oak comes from the fact that evergreen oaks are still green and "live" in winter, when other oaks are dormant, leafless and "dead"-looking.
In Texas, a small grove of live oaks (Texas live oak or Southern live oak) is known as a mott.
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 Interior live oak -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Interior live oak is classified in the (Any of numerous American oaks having 4 stamens in each floret, acorns requiring two years to mature and leaf veins usually extending beyond the leaf margin to form points or bristles) red oak section (Quercus sect.
Several hybrids between Interior live oak and other red oak species have been documented.
Hybrids with (Highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves) Coast live oak (Q.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/i/in/interior_live_oak.htm   (296 words)

  
 Interior live oak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Interior live oak (Quercus wislizenii) is an evergeen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in the large areas of California in the United States.
The Interior live oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect.
All these oak species show evidence of introgression with one another.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Interior_live_oak   (163 words)

  
 AllRefer - Species: Interior Live Oak | Quercus wislizenii > Fire ecology
Shrubby interior live oak is common in chaparral, where fairly frequent fires produce dense thickets of multi-stemmed individuals [44].
The prominence of sprouters such as interior live oak in drier chaparral communities does not necessarily imply that these plants possess specific fire adaptations, but that they are better generalists in these arid habitats than are most postfire seeders [36].
Aboveground portions of interior live oak are described as sensitive to fire [44], and plants are generally top-killed.
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 Encyclopedia: Live oak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Live oak is a common name for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that happen to share the character of evergreen foliage.
The name is used mainly in North America, where evergreen oaks are widespread in warmer areas, along the Atlantic coast from Maryland to Florida, west along the Gulf Coast to Texas and across the southwest to California and southwest Oregon.
Binomial name Quercus fusiformis Texas live oak is an evergreen or nearly evergreen oak tree, Quercus fusiformis, native to the southern United States, in Texas from about Corpus Christi west to the Pecos River and north to southern Oklahoma, and also in adjacent northeastern Mexico in Coahuila and Nuevo Le...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Live-oak   (1209 words)

  
 Quercu_virginic
Live oak is an important component of maritime hammocks and scrub lands throughout its range from Virginia to Florida, including the Florida Keys.
Live oak is able to withstand hurricane force winds and heavy rains and short periods of flooding, though not prolonged inundation (Vince et al.
Live oak is the dominant plant climax species in coastal forests in the northern portion of its range (Helm et al.
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 Species: Quercus agrifolia
Coast live oak is a conspicuous tree in lower-elevation oak woodlands of California [56].
Coast live oak is a native, drought-resistant, evergreen tree, ranging in height from 19 to 82 feet (6-25 m) and in diameter from 1 to 4 feet (0.3-1.2 m) [61,112].
Overall coast live oak and interior live oak are recruiting at higher rates than the deciduous oaks of the region; this may be because of pocket gophers' preference for the roots of deciduous oaks over those of live oaks [57].
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 THE OAK WOODLANDS by Julie Carville Oak woodlands, like those of the Spenceville Wildlife Area, have sheltered and ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Oak woodlands are important for their beauty, and for the many diverse species of animals that they support.
Oak riparian corridors, with their mix of deciduous trees and shrubs, are essential to daytime roosting of birds, as an escape from the heat and as a cool, shaded micro-climate for young nestlings.
Valley Oak, Quercus lobata The Valley Oak is among the largest of California's oaks with its broad, sweeping branches that form a protective canopy, and in older trees bend down to touch the ground in a grand gesture.
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 Coast live oak - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Coast Live Oak Quercus agrifolia, also called the California Live Oak, is an evergeen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in the coastal regions of southwestern North America from Mendocino County, California south to northern Baja California in Mexico.
The Coast live oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercus sect.
The name Quercus agrifolia literally means "field-leaved oak", and is generally thought to be an error by the describing botanist for "aquifolia", "holly-leaved".
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Coast_live_oak   (187 words)

  
 Live Oak
English words defined with "live oak": California live oak, canyon live oak, coast live oakinterior live oak ♦ Pseudo-monocotyledonous ♦ Quercus wislizenii, Quercus wizlizenii ♦ southern live oak.
There are 2,361 households out of which 30.5% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 39.5% are married couples living together, 22.0% have a female householder with no husband present, and 33.8% are non-families.
Live oak with spanish moss, a type of bromeliad related to pineapples along a canal south of New Orleans.Credit: America's Coastlines.
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 Blue oak regeneration
This release was mainly caused by the liberal cutting and burning of the presettlement blue oak overstory that occurred between the 1850's and the first decades of the 20th century.
The extent of oak woodland clearing conducted prior to the 1940's is poorly documented, perhaps due to the fact that "clearing the wilderness" was such a mundane and normal practice among California's early settlers.
Oak fuelwood cutting diminished as other energy sources replaced wood, but clearing of oak woodlands was revived in the 1940's under the mantle of range improvement.
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 Live Oak Plantation St. Francisville Louisiana
Someone once said Live Oak was a Spanish Colonial house built by a Yankee, a notion inspired by austere brick walls and corner fireplaces.
Live Oak was acquired by Bennett Barrow of Rosebank in 1824.
For the next century Live Oak was owned by Barrows, and in 1928 was purchase by Mr.
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 Results from the vote for America's National Tree
The oak is also impressive in stature, with species ranging in mature height from 35 to more than 100 feet and the world champion red oak living up to the Quercus' popular title as King of Trees by reaching 134 feet.
Oak species are sometimes divided into one of two major groups, the red oaks (Erythrobalanus) and white oaks (Leucobalanus).
The live oak is a memorable symbol of the American South.
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 AllRefer - Species: Interior Live Oak | Quercus wislizenii > Distribution and occurrence
Interior live oak grows on approximately 884,000 acres (357,895 ha) in California [10].
Interior live oak is an important component of certain riparian woodlands of California [30,51].
Interior live oak is well-represented in oak chaparral or montane chaparral dominated by such species as Nuttall's scrub oak (Q. dumosa) [2,4,29,39,53,61].
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 01.10.01 - UC researchers announce results that could complicate measures to halt spread of Sudden Oak Death
The disease affects tanoak (Lithocarpus densiflorus), coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia), and California fl oak (Quercus kelloggii) found along the coastal belt in California.
Oaks provide habitat for wildlife and a food supply for small mammals and are frequently planted as ornamentals in gardens and parks.
Sudden Oak Death occurs in tanoaks, coast live oaks and fl oaks.
www.berkeley.edu /news/media/releases/2001/01/10_oak.html   (1088 words)

  
 Oak
The white oaks are further subdivided into the chestnut oaks and the rest of the white oaks, while the red oaks are further subdivided into the live oaks and the rest of the red oaks.
Of the North American oaks, the most prized of the red oak group for lumber, all of which is marketed as red oak regardless of the species of origin, is that of the northern red oak, Quercus rubra (aka Quercus borealis).
Quercus canariensis - Algerian oak or Canary oak
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 California live oak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The California live oak, Quercus agrifolia, also called the Coast liveoak, is an evergeen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in the coastalregions of southwestern North America from Mendocino County, California south to northern Baja California in Mexico.
The California live oak is classified in the red oak section (Quercussect.
The name Quercus agrifolia literally means "field-leaved oak", and is generally thought to be an error by thedescribing botanist for "aquifolia", "holly-leaved".
www.therfcc.org /california-live-oak-130743.html   (142 words)

  
 Live oak
It is also the usual common name for the Southern live oak Quercus virginiana, which is one such evergreen species.
Quercus virginiana - Southern live oak - eastern North America
Quercus agrifolia - California live oak - western North America
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/live_oak   (512 words)

  
 Quercus wislizenii Interior Live Oak.
Oaks do like enough water to survive for the first 2-3 years.
Oaks do not want to be on drip.
Oaks are fine planted 30-50 ft. from a lawn.
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 Terrestrial Ecoregions -- California interior chaparral and woodlands (NA1202)
Valley communities at lower elevation are characterized by foothill pine (Pinus sabiniana) and blue oak (Quercus douglasii), as well as a range of woodland and chaparral plants such as California buckeye (Aesculus californica), manzanita (Arctostaphylos spp.), redbud (Cercis occidentalis), chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum), and scrub oak (Quercus dumosa).
Coast live oak, canyon live oak, golden-cup oak, valley oak, interior live oak, and maul oak are also part of the diverse oak flora of this ecoregion.
Blue oaks are not regenerating throughout their range because of high seedling mortality from grazing, seed predation, and, in some part, competition from introduced grasses.
www.worldwildlife.org /wildworld/profiles/terrestrial/na/na1202_full.html   (1739 words)

  
 Live oak tree health Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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 Quercus fusiformis, interior live oak   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Comment: This species is often considered to be a variety of the coastal live oak of the southeastern United States.
In Oklahoma, live oak is too small and rare to be of economic importance.
Quercus is the ancient classical name for the European oaks; fusiformis refers to some spindle-shaped structure.
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 Live Oak Retirement Community
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From our independent apartments, to our licensed nursing center, Live Oak is dedicated to providing a full continuum of care.
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 NRS :: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve
There are three types of oaks living in the Cold Canyon Stebbins Reserve: interior live oak (Quercus wislizeni), blue oak (Quercus douglasii), and scrub oak (Quercus berberidifolia).
Unlike the blue oak, interior live oak and scrub oak are both evergreen, with shiny, prickly leaves, but interior live oak is either a tree or a shrub, whereas scrub oak is always a shrub.
It is difficult to tell the two evergreen oaks from one another.
nrs.ucdavis.edu /stebbins/natural/LiveOakWdland.htm   (395 words)

  
 * Southern live oak - (Plants): Definition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
See also: Oak, Quercus, Acorn, Live oak, Green
Unlike the southern live oak (), the white oak sheds its leaves to reveal similar wide spreading muscular branches that sweep the ground.
Quercus wislizenii (Interior Live Oak, Highland Live Oak)...
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 The Family Fagaceae in Oregon, Part II: The Oaks
White Oaks - Leaves deciduous (ours), lobed but without awned teeth; acorns take one year to mature; cup scales may be tomentose but not embedded in the pubescence [species in Oregon: Quercus garryana].
(canyon live oak, maul oak) is a widespread and variable species that occurs on ridges, canyons and rocky slopes from 200-2600 m in elevation.
Quercus vaccinifolia Kellogg (huckleberry oak) is a shrubby evergreen species that grows on dry ridges and rocky slopes from 900 to 2800 m from northwestern Nevada to northern California and southern Oregon (Josephine and Curry Counties).
www.oregonflora.org /ofn/v5n1/fagaceae2.html   (796 words)

  
 Royal Horticultural Society - Gardening Advice: Sudden Oak Death
Phytophthora ramorum, the cause of sudden oak death or ramorum leaf blight and dieback.
A disease known as Sudden Oak Death in the western USA and as ramorum dieback in northern Europe has been recognised since the early 1990s.
The disease is notifiable in the UK and all suspect cases must be reported by law to the Plant Health and Seeds Inspectorate (a part of DEFRA).
www.rhs.org.uk /advice/sudden_oak_death.asp   (833 words)

  
 INTERIOR LIVE OAK CHAPARRAL (37A00) :   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Interior live oak stump sprouts readily following fire.
This is a fairly mesic chaparral of valleys and foothills away from the immediate coast, especially in Lower Montane Coniferous Forests (84000) where it frequently is a fire-climax.
Extensive in the Sierran foothills from Shasta to Kern counties, and North Coast Ranges south to Lake and Mendocino counties.
www.biogeog.ucsb.edu /projects/gap/data/cnddb/37A00.html   (146 words)

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