Interior Live Oak (Noun)
Meaning
A small shrubby evergreen tree of western North America similar to the coast live oak but occurring chiefly in foothills of mountain ranges removed from the coast; an important part of the chaparral.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The interior live oak is a small, rugged tree that grows in the dry hills and canyons of the western United States.
- Botanists study the interior live oak as an important component of the chaparral ecosystem in the Sierra Nevada foothills.
- In the mountain ranges of California, the interior live oak shares the landscape with sagebrush, manzanita, and pine trees.
- The bark of the interior live oak is grey and scaly, while its leaves are oval and lobed with sharp tips.
- A trail winds through the forest of interior live oaks in the southern foothills of the Cascades, a place favored by hikers and wildlife alike.