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Drive up to Tehachapi on Woodford-Tehachapi Road, the back road from Keene, and here and there you’ll see compact, well-shaped oak trees with dense canopies of deep green leaves. Resembling giant broccoli florets, these handsome oak trees are the seldom-discussed Interior Live Oaks (Quercus wislizenii). One of the least known of Tehachapi’s oak tree species, Quercus wislizenii is also one of the most interesting and distinctive. Its common name is both appropriate and descriptive because these oaks tend to grow in the interior ranges of California, away from coastal areas that are occupied by the Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia). The term “live oak” refers to the fact that these trees are evergreen. Most people associate this quality with conifers, such as pines, firs, junipers and cedars, which shed their foliage (needles or scales) gradually over time, so they are literally “ever-green” or always foliated and never bare like deciduous...
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