The live oak gets its name from the fact that, unlike other oaks, it doesn’t lose its leaves during the winter. Live oaks have been known to survive for hundreds of years!
The live oak provides shade and furnishes a habitat for hundreds of living organisms, including mammals, birds, insects, and other plants. The sweet, tapered acorns produced by the trees are eaten by birds and mammals, including woodpeckers, ducks, wild turkeys, squirrels, black bears, and deer.
When given enough room to grow, their sweeping limbs plunge toward the ground before shooting upward, creating an impressive array of branches.
