Plant Database
Escarpment Live Oak
Quercus fusiformis
Escarpment Live Oak is a rugged, drought-hardy evergreen oak from Texas, valued for its tolerance to both extreme heat and colder temperatures than most live oaks. It has a dense, dark green canopy and is an excellent, tough shade tree for challenging sites in hotter, drier parts of the Bay Area.
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A very tough and adaptable evergreen oak, tolerating poor, rocky, alkaline soils, severe heat, and drought better than many other species.
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More cold-hardy than California live oaks, making it a good choice for inland valleys that experience harder frosts.
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Forms a dense, dark green, rounded canopy that provides deep shade.
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A superior, low-maintenance choice for a permanent evergreen shade tree in hot, dry gardens where other trees might fail.