Quercus agrifolia, the California live oak, [3] or coast live oak, is an evergreen [4] live oak native to the California Floristic Province. Live oaks are so-called because they keep living leaves on the tree all year, adding young leaves and shedding dead leaves simultaneously rather than dropping dead leaves en masse in the autumn like a true ...

The Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia) is an iconic, majestic tree that serves as a cornerstone for wildlife and the surrounding ecosystem. It is easily-recognized by its gnarled branches and grand canopy.

The coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) is presently native to a narrow band of coastal California from Mendocino southward to northwestern Baja. Coast live oak hybridizes with at least five other related oaks, a family of trees typically referred to as the California black oaks.

HABITAT TYPES AND PLANT COMMUNITIES: Coast live oak is a conspicuous tree in lower-elevation oak woodlands of California [65]. California oak woodlands occupy about 10 million acres (4 million ha) and may be divided into 3 types: northern, southern, and foothill woodlands.

A beautiful California native, Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak) is a large evergreen tree adorned with a short, stout trunk and a dense, broadly rounded crown. Its crooked, spreading branches are clothed with leathery, oval, convex, holly-like, dark green leaves, 1-3 in. long (2-7 cm).

Coast live oak is the only California native oak that actually thrives in the coastal environment, although it is rare on the immediate shore; it enjoys the mild winter and summer climate afforded by ocean proximity, and it is somewhat tolerant of aerosol-borne sea salt.

The Coast live oak is one of the most distinctive and widely recognized trees native to many parts of the Inland Empire. Over time it can reach specimen sizes, 25-45 ft. tall and 30-40 ft. wide, and function as the cornerstone of residential and commercial landscapes.

Quercus agrifolia (Coast Live Oak) - Coast live oak is native to California and Baja. This beautiful drought-resistant, evergreen tree, ranges in height from 20 to 70 feet and in diameter from 1 to 4 feet.

Coast live oak, an evergreen tree 10 to 25 m tall, has a broad, dense crown and widely spreading branches. The lower limbs of ungrazed trees often recline on the ground. Mature bark is gray and shallowly furrowed. Leaves are oblong to oval, 2 to 6 cm …

The Coast Live Oak is one of the only California native oak that actually thrives in the coastal environment, although it is rare on the immediate shore. It enjoys the mild winter and summer climate near the ocean and it is somewhat tolerant of aerosol-borne sea salt.