Quercus virginiana

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Read about Quercus virginiana in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Quercus virginiana, Mill. (Q. virens, Ait.). Live Oak. Figs. 3317-3319. Evergreen tree, to 50 or rarely to 70 ft., with almost horizontal limbs, forming a wide-spreading head; sometimes shrubby: lvs. elliptic or oblong, usually entire, with revolute margin, rarely with a few spiny teeth above the middle, dark green and glossy above, whitish tomentulose beneath, 1-3 in. long: fr. peduncled; acorn ovate, about 1 in. long, embraced about one-third by the cup; scales thin, appressed. Va. to Fla., west to Mex. S.S. 8:394, 395. G.F. 1:476; 5:486, 487; 6:7; 8:235. F.R. 1:643. Gng.8:1. G.W. 9, p. 505.—One of the most beautiful of the American oaks and much planted as a shade and avenue tree in the southern states; easily transplanted and of rapid growth; also very valuable as a timber tree.


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