Live oak trees

One of the longest living types of trees, oaks can survive upwards of a millennium. With over 600 different species, all varieties have enormous trunks, branches, showy bark, and acorns with cup-like caps. Since they mature into large trees with extremely wide canopies they are best suited for homes with large yards.

A large part of the natural beauty of Beaufort and the rest of the South is the silver garland that hangs from our live oak trees.

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This is Angel Oak outside Charleston SC. The oldest tree east of the Mississippi River

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I thought some here may appreciate this beautiful Live Oak tree located in Washington Oaks Garden State Park, FL (off A1A north of Flagler Beach). This...

Known for its prevalence on old plantations in the Southern U.S., the live oak (Quercus...

The Angel Oak is thought to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River. Acorns from the Angel Oak have grown to produce authentic direct-offspring trees.. Live oaks generally grow out and not up, but the Angel Oak has had plenty of time to do both, standing 65 ft high and with a canopy providing 17,000 square feet of shade. Its limbs, the size of tree trunks themselves, are so large and heavy that some of them rest on the ground (some even drop underground for a few…

Learn facts about the southern live oak’s habitat, life history, and more.

Tree meditation, says Lin Wang Gordon, is a way to strengthen our connection with nature and deepen our understanding of difficult emotions like grief.