Few trees are as evocative of the south as the live oak. Its sprawling branches draped in Spanish moss, lining roads or the focal point of parks - it is a fixture of humid summers. Live oaks are noted ...

Quercus virginiana is one of several species referred to as live oak, a reference to the fact that these species typically act as evergreens, keeping their leaves year-round, rather than deciduous.

Live oaks, Quercus virginiana, around Houston may not be windswept, but they still possess an impressive beauty, especially if left to grow as they should: branching wide and low.

In Being an Oak: Life as a Tree, biodiversity expert and writer Laurent Tillon offers a tree-eyed view of life on earth.

Oak tannins got their name because they were crucial in the tanning industry. Entire treatises have been written on the numerous uses of this magnificent tree that was named the national tree of ...

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