coast live oak n highly variable often shrubby evergreen oak of coastal zone of western North America having small thick usually spiny-toothed dark-green leaves Synonym(s) California live oak Quercus agrifolia
News & Articles coast live oak Decline of Coast Live Oak Trees in Southern California Is Due to Fungus A fungus, associated with the western oak bark beetle, is causing a decline in coast live oak trees in Southern Calif. by spreading “foamy bark canker disease.” April 29, 2014 - UC Riverside