Because live oak bark is a stiff, tough item, while the attachment it had to the tree would have been lost when the cambium died, it usually just stays in place.

Q: I’m attaching two photos. One is to show you our venerable old live oak and its importance to our house and our landscape. The other shows some white patches of bark. They’re easy to spot ...

If you have more than one live oak in your landscape, you probably have sprouts emerging from the ground from at least one mature tree and maybe other sprouts spread over the landscape. Some ...

The iconic Big Tree, a 1,000-plus,-year-old coastal live oak at Goose Island State park near Rockport, before the Hurricane Harvey. The tree, one of the largest coastal live oaks in Texas ...

Woodpecker could be to blame for this live oak tree damage By Neil Sperry , Contributor Nov 22, 2024 New bark could have formed over woodpecker damage, but this live oak appears healthy.

This live oak is about 40 years old and experiencing some bark loss. (Contributed Photo) The bark loss issue may have originated at the base of this live oak tree trunk.

The bark is also an indicator for the live oak tree. They have dark bark and as the Live Oak Tree ages cracks develop in the bark which turn into deep fissures on the older branches.

Could the nearby live oak tree be causing them? ... That means they need very porous planting media such as fine bark nuggets, coconut fiber or a mixture containing lava rock.

The "yellow" in these names comes from the tree's inner bark, which is yellowish in color. Black oak generally grows to about 80 feet tall, but like the willow oak, some can grow to be 100 feet tall.

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 ...

A: You’re not going to be happy with my answer. The holly-like leaves are juvenile foliage of live oaks. That’s the way live oak seedlings look when they germinate. As the saplings grow taller ...