Coast Live Oak - Calscape
The Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) is an iconic, majestic tree that serves as a cornerstone for wildlife and the surrounding ecosystem. It is easily-recognized by its gnarled branches and grand canopy.
Quercus agrifolia - Wikipedia
The coast live oak, especially in its Spanish forms encino or encina, encinitas "little oaks", and encinal "oak grove", gave its name to seven land grants across California and to many communities and geographic features.
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia and x ganderi) — Oaktopia
The coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is presently native to a narrow band of coastal California from Mendocino southward to northwestern Baja. Coast live oak hybridizes with at least five other related oaks, a family of trees typically referred to as the California black oaks.
Coast live oak, an evergreen tree 10 to 25 m tall, has a broad, dense crown and widely spreading branches. The lower limbs of ungrazed trees often recline on the ground. Mature bark is gray and shallowly furrowed. Leaves are oblong to oval, 2 to 6 cm …
Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak) - Gardenia
A beautiful California native, Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak) is a large evergreen tree adorned with a short, stout trunk and a dense, broadly rounded crown. Its crooked, spreading branches are clothed with leathery, oval, convex, holly-like, dark green leaves, 1-3 in. long (2-7 cm).
Coast Live Oak - Calscape
Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia is one of two recognized varieties of this popular tree. The other variety is var. oxyadenia. Both are known as Coast Live Oak (see description of Quercus agrifolia for more details regarding the species). Differences between the two varieties and the primary species are very subtle.
Coast Live Oak - Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy
Quercus agrifolia, the coast live oak, is a highly variable, often shrubby evergreen oak tree, a type of live oak, native to the California Floristic Province.
Coast Live Oak, Quercus agrifolia - calscape.org
The Coast Live Oak is a beautiful evergreen oak that grows predominantly west of the central valleys, as far north as Mendocino County, and as far south as northern Baja California in Mexico. This tree typically has a much-branched trunk and reaches a …
Tree Spotlight: Coast Live Oak - Canopy
2018年10月1日 · The coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is a large oak tree native to the Pacific Coast of California and is an important tree in California’s cultural landscape. The coast live oak can grow to up to 80 feet tall.
Quercus agrifolia - US Forest Service
Low-elevation coastal populations of coast live oak generally grow in loam, while higher-elevation coastal populations are associated with shaley clay-loam soil. Inland populations are found on sandy soil, while those in southern California islands grow in clay or clayey loam [34, 43].