Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia and Quercus Wizlizeni)

Live Oaks are beautiful trees, with heavy twisting branches. Leaves are a couple of inches long, evergreen and leathery.

January	April		July	October
Evergreen leaves
		Catkins

Field ID Tips

· Stiff evergreen leaves.

· Leaf edges curl downward. Edges often toothed, but this varies to an astonishing degree.

Links:

Kinds of Live Oaks

Cal Photos

Wikipedia

Mountain Home To West Point Trees

First year acorns are round. Second year acorns are long.

Catkins appear in the late spring.

Full grown oak trees are a signature sight in California. Note dense growth near the ends of some branches – this is probably mistletoe or some other parisitic growth.