Virginia's southern live oaks (Quercus virginiana)

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Dmv oaks: 

1 and 2: Cape Charles

Edited May 27, 2021 by EastCanadaTropicals

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This one appears to be variegated.

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On 2/21/2021 at 7:03 PM, VAPalms said:

Great post.  I've also seen small amounts of Spanish moss on trees off of Granby St.

I’m not sure how I missed these from previous visits to Lafayette Park. There was quite a bit visible from the road in the nearby neighborhood as well. 

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Chesapeake, VA

Some additional information about this tree:
https://www.pilotonline.com/news/environment/article_148bc696-481e-59d4-ab00-d04556750d51.html

https://www.pilotonline.com/news/environment/article_66ab57fc-0436-5ba9-8772-1c41c2f6258f.html

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Maybe this isn’t that unusual, but I thought it was interesting. I have noticed that many live oaks in the landscape, appearing planted and of unknown provenance, tend to drop the previous year’s foliage a few days-weeks before new growth in the spring. The naturally-occurring (to my knowledge) live oaks tend to hold onto the previous year’s foliage until after new growth in the spring. 

local provenance (to my knowledge)

 

 Planted/ unknown provenance (to my knowledge)

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Just a few with foliage that I found interesting.

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Another oddity; this one had varying degrees of golden leaves. Not sure how noticeable it is in the photos.