Oak Live Plant Quercus Agrifolia-4''
California Live Oak, Coast Live Oak, Quercus Agrifolia, Evergreen
Grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County, California, south to northern Baja California in Mexico. Coast Live Oak is the only California native oak that actually thrives in the coastal environment. Confused with interior live oak but rounded and cupped leaves. This oak is very drought tolerant, looks nice all year, and grows fairly quickly for an oak. Coast Live Oak will grow up high on the hillsides in central California (in the draws where there is more moisture). Under stress (drought, insects, diseases, etc.) the leaves will roll under and even fall off. No stress and the leaves are flat (like Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizenii, BUT, for all oaks a little stress is good! Flat- leaved Coast Live Oaks are more susceptible to SOD (sudden oak death) or other diseases.
Leaves: Simple, alternate, 1-3 in., roundish, spiny-toothed; dark and shiny green above with gray or rusty fuzz underneath; convex, cupped or spoon-shaped. Thin-toothed edges that become sharper as they age. Not too fun to play around if you are barefoot.
Acorn: Slender, reddish brown acorn 3/4 to 2-3/4 in.; cup over 1/3 of nut and not warty. Vary from short fat stubby ones that seem to be all cap, into the monsters shown above right.
Size: Grow 20 -40' and 1-4' in diameter. May reach 80' tall. Has multi-branched trunk and may live in excess of 250 Years. Shrubby.
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California Live Oak, Coast Live Oak, Quercus Agrifolia, Evergreen
Grows west of the Sierra Nevada from Mendocino County, California, south to northern Baja California in Mexico. Coast Live Oak is the only California native oak that actually thrives in the coastal environment. Confused with interior live oak but rounded and cupped leaves. This oak is very drought tolerant, looks nice all year, and grows fairly quickly for an oak. Coast Live Oak will grow up high on the hillsides in central California (in the draws where there is more moisture). Under stress (drought, insects, diseases, etc.) the leaves will roll under and even fall off. No stress and the leaves are flat (like Interior Live Oak, Quercus wislizenii, BUT, for all oaks a little stress is good! Flat- leaved Coast Live Oaks are more susceptible to SOD (sudden oak death) or other diseases.
Leaves: Simple, alternate, 1-3 in., roundish, spiny-toothed; dark and shiny green above with gray or rusty fuzz underneath; convex, cupped or spoon-shaped. Thin-toothed edges that become sharper as they age. Not too fun to play around if you are barefoot.
Acorn: Slender, reddish brown acorn 3/4 to 2-3/4 in.; cup over 1/3 of nut and not warty. Vary from short fat stubby ones that seem to be all cap, into the monsters shown above right.
Size: Grow 20 -40' and 1-4' in diameter. May reach 80' tall. Has multi-branched trunk and may live in excess of 250 Years. Shrubby.
Twigs:
Bark: