Quercus agrifolia Woodlanders Introduction the reason ironwood stuck as

the reason ironwood stuck as a name

noting only in his catalog that here was a new species

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or trained up a trellis for a winter show

or grow against a wall away from open ground

Quercus agrifolia Woodlanders Introduction the reason ironwood stuck asQuercus agrifolia, the coast live oak, is the evergreen oak of the California coast, the gnarled, dark canopied tree that shades the golden hills of Steinbeck country and spreads heavy limbs over ranchland and canyon. The holly like leaves are small, thick, and leathery, glossy dark green above with a spiny toothed edge, and the tree holds them year round, casting the deep, cool shade that is the plant's signature. Left room, coast live oak builds a