A native we do not grow
Coast Live Oak
Quercus agrifolia. Large tree, 30 to 80 feet where planted, zones 8 to 10; full sun, part shade or shade; dry or average ground.
We do not grow coast live oak, and it is not in our shop. This page gathers what our tools say about it and the natives we grow for the same ground.
At a glance
| Other names | California live oak, coastal live oak |
|---|---|
| Form | Large tree |
| Height, feet | 30 to 80 where planted; up to 100 in its native stands |
| Spread, feet | Up to 70 |
| Zones | 8 to 10 |
| Sun | Full sun, part shade or shade |
| Soil moisture | Dry or average ground |
| Growth | Medium |
| Leaves | Evergreen |
| Traits | Wildlife value, hedge or screen, erosion control |
| Flowers | February to April |
| Fruit | Acorns, August to March |
| First crop | 15 years |
| Pollination | Needs a second, unrelated tree. The flowers are wind pollinated, and an acorn crop wants another oak nearby, since oaks seldom set acorns with their own pollen. The International Oak Society reports a lone coast live oak in Israel heavy with viable acorns, which may have pollinated itself. |
| Lifespan | Can live 250 years or more. |
| Black walnut | Not named on the Morton Arboretum's lists |
| Ground | Rich moist slopes, stream banks and the coast |
| Native in | 1 state |
Coast live oak is native in 1 state: California. The states are the USDA PLANTS Database's records, with the native range read from the Fire Effects Information System.
What our tools say
How fast it grows and how big it gets, by site Whether it suits your zone, sun and soil How far from a house, wires and a septic field What grows with it in the wild and in a yard When to plant it where you live When it flowers and fruits, month by month How to sow its seed, with dates for your place How many to plant for a crop of seed Whether one you have can be moved, and what the move takes How old one is, from its trunk How a big one scores against the champion trees
For the same ground, we grow
These trees we grow share the most of coast live oak's natural communities in the wild, by the companion species tool's rules.
Read from
Its figures come from the Forest Service's Fire Effects Information System, the Woody Plant Seed Manual, the USDA PLANTS Database, Cal Poly's SelecTree, Oregon State University's Landscape Plants, the Wildflower Center and Calscape.