WIMBISH TREE FARM - MILFORD, TEXAS

Wimbish Tree Farm sells only trees native to and adapted to Texas soils at wholesale prices.
All Trees are heat resistant, drought resistant & accommodating to alkaline Texas soils.

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Quercus virginiana

LIVE OAK (Texas State Tree)

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GROWING ZONES

Live Oak, Southern Live Oak , Coast Live Oak, Virginia Live Oak, Encino
Quercus virginiana

Fagaceae (white oak group)

Live oak is majestic and long-lived, with a crown that can spread up to twice its height. It is pH adaptable, and tolerant of drought and poor soils, although it does not tolerate poorly drained soils or extremely well-drained deep sand. Its small, leathery gray-green leaves are evergreen except when it reaches the northern part of its range (zone 7a), when it becomes semi-evergreen. Its primary liability is its susceptibility to the oak wilt fungus, although it hasn't hit Q. virginiana as severely as Escarpment Live Oak, Q. fusiformis. It is also somewhat cold sensitive in the northern parts of the state.

Plant Habit or Use: medium tree large tree

Exposure: sun

Flower Color: yellow catkins, 1-3 in. long

Blooming Period: spring

Fruit Characteristics: acorns, 1 in. long

Height: 40 to 50 ft.

Width: 80 to 100 ft.

Plant Character: evergreen semievergreen

Heat Tolerance: very high

Water Requirements: medium low

Soil Requirements: adaptable

USDA Hardiness Zone: 7

Additional Comments:

Family: Fragaceae

Guild: persistent, large seeded, fast growing

Functional Lifeform: shrubby to medium to large evergreen tree

Ecological Role: Most often found on sandy coastal sites but also sandy or moist rich inland woods. Often covered in epiphytes such as Spanish
Moss. Birds and animals feed on the acorns. Although it does not attain great height, its crown spread is quite large, up to 50m.

Lifespan: yrs (typical/max): 200/700

Shade Tolerance: intermediate

Height, m: to 20m

Canopy Tree: yes

Pollination Agent: wind

Seeding, yrs (begins/optimal/declines): unknown

Mast Frequency, yrs: 1

New Cohorts Source: seeds or sprouts

Flowering Dates: spring

Flowers/Cones Damaged by Frost: yes

Seedfall Begins: early fall

Seed Banking: no

Seed Type/Dispersal Distance/Agent: nut (acorn)/50m/ birds and animals

Season of Germination: fall

Seedling Rooting System: unknown

Sprouting: sprouts prolifically from roots and root collar

Establishment Seedbed Preferences:

Substrate: variable

Light: moist required

Temperature: warm

Disturbance Response:

Fire: Young are very fire susceptible due to thin bark. Live oak does sprout prolifically after top killing.

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