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2. Quercus virginiana - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

3. Live oak - Wikipedia

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   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.

4. Angel Oak - Wikipedia

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   Angel Oak is an enormous Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400–500 years old. [1] It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1,600 m 2 ).

5. Treaty Oak (Jacksonville) - Wikipedia

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   The Treaty Oak is an octopus-like Southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana) in Jacksonville, Florida. The tree is estimated to be 250 years old [1] [2] and may be the single oldest living thing in Jacksonville, [3] predating the founding of the city by Isaiah Hart during the 1820s. It is located in Treaty Oak Park in the Southbank area of ...

6. Quercus fusiformis - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

7. Emancipation Oak - Wikipedia

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   Emancipation Oak in September 2019. The canopy of Emancipation Oak. Emancipation Oak is a historic tree on the campus of Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia, in the United States. The large, sprawling southern live oak ( Quercus virginiana ), believed to be over 200 years old, [2] is 98 feet (30 m) in diameter, with branches which extend ...