Fagaceae
Live oak
Quercus virginiana
- Family
- Fagaceae
- Genus
- Quercus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- سنديان فرجيني
- arz
- سنديان فرجينى
- Bulgarian
- Виржински дъб
- Chinese
- 維吉尼亞橡樹, 维吉尼亚橡树, 弗吉尼亚栎, 維吉尼亞橡木
- Czech
- Dub virginský
- English
- Live oak, Southern live oak, Virginia live oak
- Finnish
- Virginiantammi
- Georgian
- Სამხრეთის მარადმწვანე მუხა
- German
- Virginia-Eiche, Lebenseiche, Virginiaeiche
- Hebrew
- אלון וירג'יניה
- Icelandic
- Lífeik
- Persian
- بلوط ویرجینیایی
- Polish
- Dąb wirginijski
- Spanish
- Encina del Sur
Synonyms
- Dryopsila virens (Aiton) Raf.
- Quercus andromeda Riddell
- Quercus hemisphaerica hort. ex Endl.
- Quercus phellos var. obtusifolia Lam.
- Quercus phellos var. sempervirens Marshall
- Quercus sempervirens Walter
- Quercus virens Aiton
- Quercus virginiana f. virescens (Sarg.) Trel.
- Quercus virginiana f. virginiana
- Quercus virginiana var. eximea Sarg.
- Quercus virginiana var. typica A.Camus
- Quercus virginiana var. virescens Sarg.
- Quercus virginiana var. virginiana
Flowers
- In flower
- February to April (from 46 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: mfeaver, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Gold eagle Kroll, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Kathy Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Ebyabe, CC BY 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Clifton Ladd, C.W.B., CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brendansoloughlin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kent P. McFarland, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brendansoloughlin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Rich Sommer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Brendansoloughlin, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.