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Definition of Quercus laurifolia
1. Noun. Large nearly semi-evergreen oak of southeastern United States; thrives in damp soil.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Quercus Laurifolia
Literary usage of Quercus laurifolia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Q. Phellos hybridizes also with Q. ilicifolia. 14. Quercus laurifolia Michx.
Laurel or Swamp Oak. Fig. 1527. Quercus laurifolia Michx. Hist. Chen. Am. no. ..."
2. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1907)
"other by Dr. Chapman), their principal difference being that Quercus laurifolia
is evergreen and Q. Phellos deciduous. (This fact, by the way, ..."
3. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.), Wild Flower Preservation Society of America (1907)
"From the standpoint of succession of vegetation the two species are far apart,
Quercus laurifolia, being a sort of pioneer tree, almost confined to the ..."
4. Botanical Gazette by University of Chicago, JSTOR (Organization) (1918)
"Quercus laurifolia Michx.—This is one of the least variable of the southern oaks.
The branchlets are always glabrous, and the leaves, which are thicker than ..."
5. The Plant World by Plant World Association, Wild Flower Preservation Society (U.S.) (1912)
"Associated at both places with Pinus glabra and Quercus laurifolia, as is very
often the case. Sarracenia flava L. This species, which is very rare in the ..."