| Sand Live Oak is an uncommon to fairly common small to medium-sized evergreen oak of the southern Coastal Plain of North Carolina. New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08.
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| The Sand Live Oak differs from the common Live Oak (Quercus virginiana) in that the leaves are more boat-shaped (strongly revolute) and the leaf veins are deeply impressed. New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/30/08.
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| This sapling at Carolina Beach State Park is growing in pure sand. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Sand Live Oak is generally found in xeric sandhills near the coast. Much remains to be worked out about the status and distribution of these two species. Sand Live Oak flowers a few weeks later than Live Oak. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Acorn. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Bark of a small tree. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Bark of a medium-sized tree. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Bark of a medium-sized tree. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Bark of a medium-sized tree. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Bark of a large tree. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| Bark of a large tree. New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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| Clonal clump of small shrub-like Sand Live Oaks. Brunswick Co., NC 8/25/07.
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| New Hanover Co., NC 8/29/09.
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