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Quercus virginiana
Southern live oak · Live oak · Virginia Live Oak · On
Tier 2 Difficulty: easy Water: low Light: full_sun Toxicity: low
Temperature
15–37 °C
Soil pH
5–6
Hardiness
Zone 8–11
Click count
1,730
Observations
446
Description
Source: leafsnapQuercus virginiana, also known as the southern live oak, is an evergreen oak tree endemic to the Southeastern United States. Though many other species are loosely called live oak, the southern live oak is particularly iconic of the Old South. Many very large and old specimens of live oak can be found today in the Deep South region of the United States.
Care Guide
💧 Water
☀️ Light Full sun
Ideal: Full sun
🌡️ Temperature 15–37.8°C
Ideal temperature: 15–37.8°C
💨 Humidity
Humidity:
🪴 Soil 5-6
Soil pH: 5-6
🌱 Fertilizer
🪴 Pot & Repot
✂️ Pruning
🌿 Propagating
🐛 Diseases & pets
☠️ Toxicity
Characteristics
- Plant Type
- Tree
- Life Cycle
- Perennial
- Genus
- Quercus
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Hardiness Zone
- 8-11
- Mature Height
- 14.94 m to 35.05 m
- Mature Spread
- 17.98 m to 29.87 m
- Leaf Color
- Green
- Leaf Type
- Evergreen
- Flower Color
- Yellow, Green
- Flower Size
- 0.20 cm to 0.25 cm
- Bloom Time
- Mid spring, Late spring
- Planting Time
- Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter
- Harvest Time
- Mid summer, Late summer, Fall, Winter
- Native Area
- Mexico
Tags (16)
Common Names (4)
en Southern live oak
en Live oak
en Virginia Live Oak
en On