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Coordinates: 30°22′2″N 90°5′55.5″W. Seven Sisters Oak, Live Oak Society President and former National Big Tree Champion, Quercus virginiana category. Seven Sisters Oak, view from east side of tree toward home of current owners. Seven Sisters Oak, located in Mandeville, Louisiana, is a notably large southern live oak in Louisiana. [1]
Quercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an evergreen oak tree endemic to the Southeastern United States. [5] Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South. Many very large and old specimens of live oak can be found today in the Deep South region of the ...
According to the Live Oak Society the oldest southern live oak is believed to be the Seven Sisters Oak located in Mandeville, Louisiana with an estimated age of 500–1,000 years. The southern live oak is the official state tree of Georgia. The Seal of Texas includes a live oak branch. A small grove of live oaks on a prairie is known as a mott.
Quercus fusiformis is an evergreen tree in the southern live oaks section of the genus Quercus ( section Virentes ). [6] It is distinguished from Quercus virginiana (southern live oak) most easily by the acorns, which are slightly larger and with a more pointed apex. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 metre (40 inches) in trunk diameter ...
Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, or coast live oak, is an evergreen live oak native to the California Floristic Province.Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true deciduous tree.
Quercus geminata, commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree native to the coastal regions of the subtropical southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from southern Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and along the Gulf Coast westward to southern Mississippi, [5] on seacoast dunes and on white sands in evergreen ...
The Live Oak Society is a membership organization for mature live oak trees. It was founded in 1934 to advance the culture, distribution, preservation, and appreciation of the southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana) and functions under the auspices of the Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. [1] [2] By 2013, more than 7,000 live oaks were ...
Quercus chrysolepis, commonly termed canyon live oak, canyon oak, golden cup oak or maul oak, is a North American species of evergreen oak that is found in Mexico and in the western United States, notably in the California Coast Ranges. This tree is often found near creeks and drainage swales growing in moist cool microhabitats. Its leaves are ...