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Coastal Oak leaves |
Coastal Oak acorn |
Coastal Oak bark |
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Coastal Oak gall |
Coastal Oak open gall |
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Coastal Oak leaves |
Coastal Oak acorn |
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Coastal Oak bark |
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Coastal Oak gall |
Coastal Oak open gall |
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If your going to have any type of fruit on a plant, such as an acorn, you have to have flowers first. On an oak tree the tips of some branches will redden(1). A tiny flower will then form on the branches tip and the leaves will return to normal(2). The flowers will then elongate and form long clusters(3). Once pollinated the clusters dry and turn into acorns(4). | |
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Height: 75 feet tall Native to America Facts: Oaks belong to the Beech Tree Family. The thick moist bark is protection against fire and insects. One oak tree can provide enough oxygen for eight people a year. It takes fifty years for an oak tree to get its acorns. It will drop 50,000 of them, yearly. It will do this for 100 years. out of this 50,000 acorns, only one will make it to be a seedling. Oak trees live 200 to 400 years! The galls, pictured above, grow naturally on oak trees. At first a wasp will lay its eggs on the tip of an oak tree branch. In self defense, the tree automatically starts to grow a layer of protection. Then, this protection turns into the wasps nest. The Coastal Oak Tree's leaves are oval and barbed. Acorns were an important part of many Native American diets. Both Coastal Oak and Valley Oak Acorns are poisonous. In order to eat them the poison had to be leached out, usually by soaking them in water for a period of time. |
