Many of the species we are most familiar with are subdivided into either the white oak group, characterized as having leaves with rounded lobes and acorns that typically mature in 6 months or less ...

Zoom out from that amazing branch to the southern live oak — Quercus virginiana — and you can see life itself. Native to the Southeastern United States, they’re known for their longevity ...

With nearly 500 unique species and more than 180 hybrids, the genus Quercus (oak) is among the largest and most important of all woody landscape plants.