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§1 Plant
Quercus virginiana Mill.
vernacular live oak — species · Fagaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Fagaceae Dumort.
- Genus
- Quercus
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 231 counties across 10 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- Medium
- Shade
- Medium
- Moisture use
- Medium
- Fire
- Low
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- Medium
- CaCO₃
- None
- Hedging
- Medium
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- 7 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 240 min.
- Precipitation
- 32–70 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.5–7.3
- Root depth
- 40 in min.
- Fertility need
- Low
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Mature height
- 50 ft
- Height @ 20 y
- 25 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Yellow
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Early Spring
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Seeds / lb
- 352
- Propagation
- seed, cuttings, bare root, container
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- Yes
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- Yes
- Fuelwood
- High
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 231 counties across 10 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Bay 12005
- Brevard 12009
- Broward 12011
- Charlotte 12015
- Citrus 12017
- Clay 12019
- Collier 12021
- DeSoto 12027
- Dixie 12029
- Duval 12031
- Escambia 12033
- Flagler 12035
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Gilchrist 12041
- Gulf 12045
- Hardee 12049
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Indian River 12061
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Lafayette 12067
- Lake 12069
- Lee 12071
- Leon 12073
- Levy 12075
- Liberty 12077
- Madison 12079
- Manatee 12081
- Marion 12083
- Martin 12085
- Miami-Dade 12086
- Monroe 12087
- Okaloosa 12091
- Okeechobee 12093
- Orange 12095
- Osceola 12097
- Palm Beach 12099
- Pasco 12101
- Pinellas 12103
- Polk 12105
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Sarasota 12115
- Seminole 12117
- St. Johns 12109
- St. Lucie 12111
- Suwannee 12121
- Union 12125
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Atkinson 13003
- Baker 13007
- Berrien 13019
- Brantley 13025
- Brooks 13027
- Bryan 13029
- Camden 13039
- Charlton 13049
- Chatham 13051
- Decatur 13087
- Dougherty 13095
- Echols 13101
- Glynn 13127
- Grady 13131
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Lee 13177
- Liberty 13179
- Lowndes 13185
- Madison 13195
- McIntosh 13191
- Miller 13201
- Mitchell 13205
- Richmond 13245
- Seminole 13253
- Tattnall 13267
- Turner 13287
- Ware 13299
- Worth 13321
Louisiana view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Assumption 22007
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Baton Rouge 22033
- East Carroll 22035
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Jefferson Davis 22053
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- LaSalle 22059
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Madison 22065
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Richland 22083
- Sabine 22085
- St. Bernard 22087
- St. Charles 22089
- St. Helena 22091
- St. James 22093
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Landry 22097
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Mary 22101
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- West Carroll 22123
- West Feliciana 22125
- Winn 22127
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 12 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Bamberg 45009
- Beaufort 45013
- Berkeley 45015
- Calhoun 45017
- Charleston 45019
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Georgetown 45043
- Hampton 45049
- Horry 45051
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Marion 45067
- Marlboro 45069
- Orangeburg 45075
- Richland 45079
- Sumter 45085
Texas view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Aransas 48007
- Bastrop 48021
- Bee 48025
- Bexar 48029
- Brazoria 48039
- Brazos 48041
- Calhoun 48057
- Cameron 48061
- Chambers 48071
- Comal 48091
- Fayette 48149
- Fort Bend 48157
- Galveston 48167
- Goliad 48175
- Gonzales 48177
- Hardin 48199
- Hays 48209
- Karnes 48255
- McLennan 48309
- Nacogdoches 48347
- Sabine 48403
- San Patricio 48409
- Travis 48453
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/QUVI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2878092 ↗Record version
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