{"id":1317,"date":"2024-04-30T12:58:15","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/?page_id=1317"},"modified":"2024-08-28T23:15:58","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T03:15:58","slug":"live-oak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/resources\/plantid\/ornamentals\/live-oak\/","title":{"rendered":"Live Oak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"fullwidth-text-block\"><div class=\"container px-0\"><div class=\"row align-items-start\"><div class=\"col-12\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Plant Identification Learning Module:<br>Ornamentals<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"intro\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Live Oak (<em>Quercus virginiana<\/em>)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>This large oak is an evergreen tree with a spread greater than its height. Branches are drooping and low.\u00a0<em>Simple<\/em>,\u00a0<em>entire<\/em>\u00a0leaves are spirally arranged, and are\u00a0<em>elliptic<\/em>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>ovate<\/em>-shaped with\u00a0<em>revolute margins<\/em>. The underside is whitish-grey. Bark is gray to reddish brown, scaly, and vertically furrowed. Flowers are yellow-green\u00a0<em>catkins<\/em>, blooming in spring. Fruits are acorns to 1 inch long, sometimes in pairs, with a shallow cup enclosing the bottom quarter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/liveoak_tree.jpg\" alt=\"A large mature live oak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Mark Shelby, UF\/IFAS<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/liveoak_foliage.jpg\" alt=\"Foliage of live oak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Wendy VanDyk Evans,&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bugwood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bugwood.org<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/liveoak_bark.jpg\" alt=\"The bark of a live oak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/klipowiczs\/sk538.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steven Klipowicz, http:\/\/bioimages.vanderbilt.edu\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/liveoak_flower.jpg\" alt=\"Flower of live oak\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>\u00a9 2005, Jack Scheper.&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridata.com\/ref\/q\/querc_v.cfm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Floridata.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/images\/plantid\/ornamentals\/liveoak_acorn.jpg\" alt=\"Live oak acorns\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Steve Hurst @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"parent":987,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"featured_post":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1317","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1317"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4251,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1317\/revisions\/4251"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu\/mastergardener\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}