the southern live oak still embodies the American ideal of individual resilience—a stoic figure standing tall. One of the country’s more whimsical-looking trees, the live oak is also one of ...

The trees were southern live oak. It appears what I saw was a natural form of “layering,” whereby a branch touches the ground and produces adventitious roots driven by hypoxia and the hunt for ...

When I was growing up on Johns Island, S.C., near Charleston, our non-air-conditioned house and entire yard were shaded by two massive, spreading Southern live oak trees shrouded in Spanish moss.

Live oaks are a favorite tree along the coast. The scientific name for the species is "Quercus Virginianas." The more common name is "live oak" or "Southern live oak." They are majestic ...