Quercus laurifolia
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Quercus laurifolia, Michx. Laurel Oak. Tree, to 60, occasionally to 100 ft., with comparatively slender branches forming a dense, round-topped head: lvs. oblong or oblong-obovate, sometimes slightly lobed, acute or rarely obtusish, dark green and shining above, light green and puberulous at first, glabrous at length below, 2-6 in. long: fr. short-stalked; acorn ovoid or subglobose, about 1/2in. long, embraced one-fourth by the saucer-shaped cup. Va. to Fla. and La. S.S. 8:429, 430. F.E. 16:396 (pl. 62).— Handsome tree with almost half-evergreen glossy foliage, often planted as avenue tree in the southern and Gulf States; a particularly good form of this species is in the trade as "Darlington oak." Not hardy N.
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- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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