PLANT PAGE
<< Plant List
>> Photo Essay
Learn More
Calflora Taxon Rpt
Coast or Interior Live Oak?
Friends of Edgewood Guide
Jepson eFlora
Calphotos
Beech Family
Other
Switch Plants
Also Found At
Edgewood Preserve
Bicycle Botany
Muir Woods Plants
Plant Stories
Railroad Grade Plants
Rancho San Antonio OSP
Ring Mountain Plant List for Docent Training
Rock Spring Common Plants
Taxa with ID Tips
Trees of the Santa Cruz Mountains
Alice Eastwood Road (CNPS)
Almaden Quicksilver CP (NRDB.org)
Alpine Dam to Kent Lake Pump Road
Alto Bowl/Horse Hill
Alum Rock RP (NRDB.org)
Andrew Molera SP (NRDB.org)
Angel Island
Annadel SP (NRDB.org)
Ano Nuevo SNR (NRDB.org)
Anthony Chabot Regional Park
Antioch Dunes Regional Wildlife Refuge
Ardenwood Regional Preserve
Armstrong Redwoods SNR (NRDB.org)
Arroyo Hondo Canyon
Baltimore Canyon
Bear Creek Redwoods OSP (NRDB.org)
Bear Valley
Benicia SRA (NRDB.org)
Big Break Regional Shoreline
Big Rock to Loma Alta Hill Summit
Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space
Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve
Blithedale Summit
Blomquist Open Space Preserve
Bohemia Ecological Preserve
Bolinas Ridge Trail
Bonny Doon Ecological Reserve (NRDB.org)
Bothin Marsh
Briones Regional Park
Brushy Peak Regional Preserve
Butano SP (NRDB.org)
Calero CP (NRDB.org)
Camino Alto
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline
Carson Falls Trail
Cascade Canyon
Castle Rock SP (NRDB.org)
Cateract Trail
China Camp State Park (CNPS)
Chino Hills State Park
Claremont Canyon Regional Preserve
Coal Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Coal Mine Ridge OS (NRDB.org)
Coyote Hills Regional Park
Coyote Lake - Harvey Bear Ranch CP (NRDB.org)
Coyote Point RA (NRDB.org)
Coyote Valley OSP (NRDB.org)
Crystal Springs Regional Trail
Deer Island
Deer Park
Del Valle Regional Park
Devil's Gulch
Diablo Foothills Regional Park
Don Castro Regional Recreation Area
Don Edwards NWR (NRDB.org)
Easter Bowl (NRDB.org)
Ed R. Levin County Park
El Corte de Madera Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
El Sereno
Elkhorn Slough National Estuarnine Research Reserve
Fairfield-Osborn Preserve (NRDB.org)
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve (NRDB.org)
Flood CP (NRDB.org)
Foothills Open Space Preserve
Foothills Park
Fort Ord BLM (NRDB.org)
Fort Ross SHP (NRDB.org)
Fremont Older
Fremont Peak SP (NRDB.org)
French Ranch Open Space Preserve
Frog Pond Wetland Preserve (NRDB.org)
Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park
Garland Ranch
Garrapata SP (NRDB.org)
Garrett Park (NRDB.org)
Gary Giacomini Preserve
Glen Deven Ranch (NRDB.org)
Golden Gate National Recreation Area (NPS)
Henry Coe State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods SP (NRDB.org)
Hidden Villa
Hollister Hills State Vehicular Recreation Area
Hood Mountain RP & OSP (NRDB.org)
Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
Huddart CP (NRDB.org)
Indian Tree
Indian Valley
Jack London SHP (NRDB.org)
Jacks Peak CP (NRDB.org)
Jasper Ridge
Jenner Headlands
Jepson and Johnstone Trail
Joseph D. Grant CP (NRDB.org)
Junipero Serra CP (NRDB.org)
Kennedy Grove Regional Recreation Area
King Mountain
Knoxville Wildlife Area (NRDB.org)
La Honda Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
La Purisima Mission State Historical Park
Las Trampas Regional Wilderness
Leo Carrillo SP
Leo Cronin Fish Viewing Area
Leona Canyon Regional Open Space Preserve
Limekiln SP (NRDB.org)
Little Mountain
Loma Alta
Long Ridge Open Space Preserve
Los Trancos Open Space Preserve
Lucas Valley
Manzanita CP (NRDB.org)
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
Marin County Complete List (CNPS)
Marin Municipal Water District
Martinez Regional Shoreline
McClellan Ranch Preserve (NRDB.org)
Milagra Ridge (NRDB.org)
Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline
Millerton Point
Mission Peak Regional Preserve
Mission Trails Regional Park
Mitteldorf Preserve (NRDB.org)
Modini Mayacamas Preserve
Monte Bello OSP (NRDB.org)
Morgan Territory Regional Preserve
Mount Burdell
Mount Diablo SP (NRDB.org)
Mount Madonna CP (NRDB.org)
Mount Tamalpais SP (NRDB.org)
Mt. Wilson Toll Road
Muir Woods
New Brighton
Nicasio Ridge
Ohlone Regional Wilderness
Old Saint Hilary's
Old Stage Road
PCT - Cedar Spring to SR74
Pearson-Arastradero Preserve
Peninsula Watershed (NRDB.org)
Pescadero Creek Park (NRDB.org)
Pescadero SB (NRDB.org)
Pfeiffer Big Sur SP (NRDB.org)
Picchetti Ranch OSP (NRDB.org)
Pillar Point Bluff (NRDB.org)
Pinnacles National Park
Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park
Point Lobos SNR (NRDB.org)
Point Reyes
Pomponio SB (NRDB.org)
Portola Redwoods
Presidio (NRDB.org)
Pulgas Ridge
Purisima Creek OSP (NRDB.org)
Rancho Canada del Oro OSP (NRDB.org)
Redwood Regional Park
Ring Mountain
Rock Spring
Round Valley Regional Preserve
Roy's Redwoods
Royal Oaks CP (NRDB.org)
Rush Creek
Russian Ridge
Salt Point SP (NRDB.org)
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
San Gregorio SB (NRDB.org)
San Jacinto Mtns - Upper Elevations
San Pedro Mountain
San Pedro Valley CP (NRDB.org)
Sanborn CP (NRDB.org)
Santa Margarita Island
Santa Teresa CP (NRDB.org)
Saratoga Gap
Sausal Creek Native Plants
SFB Morse OS (NRDB.org)
Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area
Shiloh Regional Park
Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve
Sierra Azul OSP (NRDB.org)
Sierra Vista OSP
Skyline Ridge OSP (NRDB.org)
Skyline Trail
Sobrante Ridge Regional Preserve
Soulejule Reservoir
St. Joseph's Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Stafford Lake
Steep Ravine Trail East
Stevens Creek CP (NRDB.org)
Stulsaft Park (NRDB.org)
Sugarloaf Ridge SP (NRDB.org)
Sunol Regional Wilderness
Sweeney Ridge (NRDB.org)
Sycamore Valley Open Space Preserve
Teague Hill
Temescal Regional Recreation Area
Terra Linda/Sleepy Hollow
The Forest of Nisene Marks SP (NRDB.org)
Thornewood OSP (NRDB.org)
Tilden Regional Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Toro CP (NRDB.org)
Ulistac Natural Area (NRDB.org)
Upper Stevens Creek
Uvas Canyon CP (NRDB.org)
Vargas Plateau Regional Park
Verissimo Hills
Water Dog Lake - Hidden Canyon
White's Hill
Wildcat Canyon Regional Park
Wilder Ranch State Park
Windy Hill OSP (NRDB.org)
Wunderlich CP (NRDB.org)
User Comments (2)
Email corrections
Contributors and Copyright
Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia)
Login
Broadleaf Tree
Other
Petals Not Obvious
Alternate
Typical Height
Evergreen
Has Catkins
Native
Description
EW Bloom Feb - Apr
Height to 40 feet.
This beautiful tree has a thick trunk and heavy arching branches.
Trunks are silver grey in color.
These trees live near the coast, from Mendocino county to Baja California.
CA native
AKA California Live Oak
Beech Family (Fagaceae)
When unrestricted, Live Oaks grow wide and tall, with a thick canopy of evergreen, leathery leaves.
Leaves often curl under and have spiny edges. Acorns grow at the end of twigs.
Male flowers are pale green. Female flowers are hard to find, inconspicuous at the base of new leaves.
Photo Gallery (48 ) click any picture to enlarge
Leaves are evergreen and leathery, lasting for several seasons. The leaf top is shiny, has indented veins, and often has [[spiny]] edges. Althou ...
Coast Live Oak leaves often curl under, although trees with no stress can have flat leaves. Notice the "hairy armpits" where the lateral veins touc ...
Male flowers open up quickly on warm spring days. Long hanging catkins hold dozens of flowers, each with 6 [[stamens]]. Each [[anther]] releases tho ...
Inconspicuous female flowers nestle at the base of new leaves. When pollen in the air settles on one of the receptive [[stigmas]] (green in this phot ...
Acorn cap scales lie flat against each other and the acorn. Note that Black Oak scales are similar but leave some space between them and the acorn. ...