Skip to content
View in the app

A better way to browse. Learn more.
PalmTalk

A full-screen app on your home screen with push notifications, badges and more.

To install this app on iOS and iPadOS
  1. Tap the Share icon in Safari
  2. Scroll the menu and tap Add to Home Screen.
  3. Tap Add in the top-right corner.
To install this app on Android
  1. Tap the 3-dot menu (⋮) in the top-right corner of the browser.
  2. Tap Add to Home screen or Install app.
  3. Confirm by tapping Install.
SUPER IMPORTANT - MAJOR IMPROVEMENTS TO PALMTALK - PLEASE READ

WELCOME GUEST

It looks as if you are viewing PalmTalk as an unregistered Guest.

Please consider registering so as to take better advantage of our vast knowledge base and friendly community.  By registering you will gain access to many features - among them are our powerful Search feature, the ability to Private Message other Users, and be able to post and/or answer questions from all over the world. It is completely free, no “catches,” and you will have complete control over how you wish to use this site.

PalmTalk is sponsored by the International Palm Society. - an organization dedicated to learning everything about and enjoying palm trees (and their companion plants) while conserving endangered palm species and habitat worldwide. Please take the time to know us all better and register.

guest Renda04.jpg

Virginia's southern live oaks (Quercus virginiana)

SEVA
SEVA
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

Featured Replies

  • Author

Hampton, VA

1017201222_HDR~2.jpg

USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Hampton, VA

    1017201233_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Hampton, VA

    1017201225_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Hampton, VA

    1017201226_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Hampton, VA

    1017201057_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    This one was partially in the road.

    1017201234_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Hampton, VA

    1017201202d_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Algernourne Oak - Hampton, VA

    1017201207~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Emancipation Oak - Hampton, VA

    1017201337a~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 2
    • Author

    Emancipation Oak - Hampton, VA

    1017201341_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 2
    On 11/7/2019 at 3:23 PM, SEVA said:

    Norfolk, VA

    1107191258a_HDR.jpg

     

    On 11/7/2019 at 3:24 PM, SEVA said:

    Norfolk, VA. The Sabal minor palms were about 7ft tall in overall height.

    1107191054_HDR.jpg

    Sorry I know I am way late to respond to this, but I am relatively new here. I love the Sabal minor in the bottom picture and Trachycarpus fortunei in the above picture, and it is great to see them growing in Norfolk. Where exactly is this tree? It looks like some kind of park. I also love your other photos of the live oaks. I might be going to the Hampton Roads area soon and I would love to visit this park. Thank you!

     

    PalmsUSA

    Edited by PalmsUSA

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 1
    • Author
    10 hours ago, PalmsUSA said:

     

    Sorry I know I am way late to respond to this, but I am relatively new here. I love the Sabal minor in the bottom picture and Trachycarpus fortunei in the above picture, and it is great to see them growing in Norfolk. Where exactly is this tree? It looks like some kind of park. I also love your other photos of the live oaks. I might be going to the Hampton Roads area soon and I would love to visit this park. Thank you!

     

    PalmsUSA

    The photo with the Trachycarpus fortunei was taken at the Virginia Zoo and the photo with the Sabal minor was taken at Lafayette Park. 

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    14 hours ago, SEVA said:

    The photo with the Trachycarpus fortunei was taken at the Virginia Zoo and the photo with the Sabal minor was taken at Lafayette Park. 

    Thank you so much!

    • Author

    Williamsburg, VA

    1024201233c_HDR.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Williamsburg, VA

    1024201251b_HDR.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Williamsburg, VA

    1024201239a_HDR.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Williamsburg, VA

    1024201235a_HDR.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Williamsburg, VA

    1024201248_HDR.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Richmond, VA

    1024201745b.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Richmond, VA

    1024201741.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Richmond, VA

    1024201737.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    This tree is a hybrid between Quercus lyrata and Quercus virginiana known as Compton oak (Quercus x comptoniae). 

    1024201129b~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Quercus x comptoniae

    1024201201_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Quercus x comptoniae

    1024201156_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Quercus x comptoniae

    1024201143b_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Quercus x comptoniae leaves and acorn

    1024201126_HDR~2.jpg

    1024201127a_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • 2 weeks later...
    • Author

    Willoughby Oak - Norfolk, VA

    1027201218b_HDR~2.jpg

    1027201224b_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 3
    • Upvote 2

    Those are planted in DC too

    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it."
    ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

    • Like 1
    • Author
    8 hours ago, climate change virginia said:

    Those are planted in DC too

    How large are the live oaks up in D.C.?

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Author

    Virginia Beach, VA

    1105201526a_HDR~3.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    Virginia Beach, VA

    IMG_20201106_161813_258~4.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    • Upvote 1
    • Author

    There were many bluejack oaks (Quercus incana) mixed in with the live oaks and/or sand live oaks.

    Virginia Beach, VA

    1105201513_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Author

    I know this is supposed to be focusing on live oaks, but I thought this one was interesting to share. There were a few Zanthoxylum clava-herculis growing between the oaks.

    1105201616_HDR~2.jpg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 2
    14 hours ago, SEVA said:

    How large are the live oaks up in D.C.?

    mature they are big enough to climb on

    "The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it."
    ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson

    • Like 1
    • 3 months later...
    • Author

    Another angle of the Emancipation Oak - Hampton, VA

    C325E45D-DF84-40B1-9DF1-94D65C00900C.jpeg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1
    • Upvote 1

    I used to live on Williamsburg/Yorktown when I was young. I went to Virginia Beach area and Norfolk all the time. It's odd that I never noticed them, but I'm not surprised that they're there. Do they defoliate every year with the cold temperatures? 

    (Little tid-bit: my family, the Strickland's,  moved around the Isle of Wight area from Sizergh, England in 1670 and owned about 7,000 thousand acres. They eventually migrated into Lumberton area N.C., and then Southeastern Georgia around 1812)

    • Like 1
    • Author
    4 hours ago, Jcalvin said:

    I used to live on Williamsburg/Yorktown when I was young. I went to Virginia Beach area and Norfolk all the time. It's odd that I never noticed them, but I'm not surprised that they're there. Do they defoliate every year with the cold temperatures? 

    (Little tid-bit: my family, the Strickland's,  moved around the Isle of Wight area from Sizergh, England in 1670 and owned about 7,000 thousand acres. They eventually migrated into Lumberton area N.C., and then Southeastern Georgia around 1812)

    The only time I can recall them defoliating any was after an ice storm. Other than that, they tend to retain their foliage throughout winter and drop the old leaves in the spring as they begin new growth. I’ve witnessed the same when I was in Mississippi after an ice storm. Most of the trees I’ve shared on here are within their native range in zone 8a. Winters are typically mild. So far this winter, the coldest temperature I’ve recorded is 24.2 F. I know it’s been colder a bit farther inland and north of here, but I don’t know how low. 

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    On 11/7/2019 at 3:26 PM, SEVA said:

    Norfolk, VA. Saw some small clumps of Spanish moss in the live oaks. There were so few, I almost didn't see it.

    1107191116_HDR.jpg

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

    • Author
    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.


    Do you remember where off of Granby St.?

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • 2 weeks later...
    • Author

    Virginia Beach, VA

    EC3CE2DD-7EE3-4B8D-993B-54110E5336DF.jpeg

    USDA Hardiness Zone 7b/8a

    AHS Heat Zone 7

    • Like 1

    Create an account or sign in to comment
    Go to topic listing

    Similar Content

    Account

    Navigation

    Configure browser push notifications
    Chrome (Android)
    1. Tap the lock icon next to the address bar.
    2. Tap Permissions → Notifications.
    3. Adjust your preference.
    Chrome (Desktop)
    1. Click the padlock icon in the address bar.
    2. Select Site settings.
    3. Find Notifications and adjust your preference.