Live oaks in Beaufort, South Carolina, photographed using an old-fashioned wet-plate process Lisa Elmaleh “I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing / All alone stood it, and the moss hung down from ...

The Seven Sisters Oak, not far from Lake Ponchartrain, is the president of The Live Oak Society. With a circumference of 38 feet, it is one of the largest and oldest live oak trees in the country.

“I had no idea the tree looked that good,” said Gary Williamson, one of two volunteers whose 2010 measurements helped land the live oak on the Virginia Big Tree database at Virginia Tech.

Lacey oak (Quercus laceyi) is a beautiful small to medium tree with blue-green mature foliage, peach-colored new growth and similar fall color. (Howard Garrett / Special Contributor) Advertisement ...

Live oaks are large trees that can grow more than 50 feet tall and 60 feet wide. They need a large space to grow into the beasts they are meant to be. They are not ideal trees for shrubs and grass ...