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southern live oak

Quercus virginiana

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 158, February 148, March 168, April 489, May 196, June 95, July 85, August 88, September 105, October 127, November 145, December 141.
United States36,486
Texas9,271
Louisiana3,549
South Carolina2,877
North Carolina2,282
Georgia1,573
Virginia1,279
Alabama770
Mississippi640
California77

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Edibility, toxicity and medicinal traits are records from datasets, not advice. Never eat, handle or use a wild species on the strength of an app.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
Orderbeeches, oaks, walnuts, and allies · Fagales
Familybeech family · Fagaceae
Genusoaks · Quercus

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