The resilient oak tree can uprise into a imperial tree diagram , a quality that helped make it Georgia ’s commonwealth Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree . resilient oak grow along the coastal plain of the southeastern United States , from Maryland to Texas . The tree takes its name from the fact that unlike most oak tree tree that lose their leave come winter , the live oak is an evergreen specie . Not only does live oak live for a long time , it has some of the hardest Sir Henry Joseph Wood ; the timbers of " Old Ironsides , " the ship name the U.S.S. Constitution , are made from this tree . The tree diagram has specific identifying characteristics .

Size

The live oak is a wide tree at the top , spreading out to address a declamatory area with its branches . This is one of the tree diagram ’s most recognizable features . The tree can be from 65 to 85 feet tall , and some will have a counterpane of 150 foot across at the crown . The trunks of live oaks typically possess diameter of 3 to 4 feet and are comparatively scant compared to the overall size of the tree .

Leaves

Botanists classify bouncy oak leaf as simple leaf , meaning they are one unmarried solid leaf on a bow . These leaves are narrow and have an elliptic shape , between 2 and 5 inches in length and about 2 inches wide . The upper luck of the leaf is shiny with a darken green hue , while the bottom is softened and has a grey - green shadowiness . Live oak leafage have a coriaceous texture and can remain on the tree through the winter months before replacement leaves grow in the leaping .

Acorns

The acorns a live oak produces seldom transcend one in in length . They have a wide al-Qaeda and candle to a pointed tip . Light brown in color in the cap , at the percentage point where the acorn attaches to the oak tree tree , the majority of the yield is a darker brownness , with some wait almost pitch-black . These acorn grow by themselves on the tree or in clustering of as many as five nuts . Unlike many type of acorns , the meat of the live oak tree acorn is not biting savoring .

Bark

The bark of a springy oak tree is dark brown , with some developing a sour red - brown look to them . It has many furrows in it , but these are not deep , ingrained in the upper layers of the bark . ridge also interpenetrate the bark , which can look scaly or blocky as the live oak tree matures . The older hot oaks have an almost black bark .

Habitat

Someone may expend the habitat of the live oak tree to help in its designation . The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree often grows in stands of several live oaks , but it may also survive as an individual tree within a woodlot of other type of trees , such as the laurel oak tree and the water system oak as well as American Buddy Holly and the southern magnolia .

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