Live Oak

Growing up I was involved in landscaping.  My dad loved plants and trees.  He had a bit of a passion.  He knew every plant and tree in our yard by its common and scientific name.  He got me to plant two live oaks fairly close together when I was very young.  My dad loved plants and trees so much that he would give certain locations nick names.  For instance, he named a flower bed after my brother and called it Jesse’s island.  Those two live oaks I planted were named Lexington’s aisle.  A bit silly to some but growing up it probably influenced me to love the outdoors even more.  Live oaks, Quercus fusiformis, are prevalent in Austin Texas.  This species is slightly different from the ones I planted, which were southern live oaks, Quercus virginiana.  They have slightly larger acorns that are more pointed than the southern live oaks.

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My iNaturalist post can be found here.

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