California live oak


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Related to California live oak: Quercus agrifolia
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Noun1.California live oak - highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leavesCalifornia live oak - highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves
live oak - any of several American evergreen oaks
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Grass, birds, other trees and animals come to life on the pages, while one 19th century Mexican woman and one 20th century school boy, hearts opened by grief and loneliness, come to know one California live oak whose 229 years span the evolution of four human civilizations, Chumash, Spanish/Mexican, Yankee and new money Hollywood, which each leave their mark upon the landscape and upon Tree.
The park is truly a hiker's paradise with trails traversing chaparral-covered hills decorated with California live oak and Bishop pine.
It is a land of shadow play, where the dipping shapes of birds stripe across hillsides shaded by delicate traceries of California live oak.

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