LIVE OAK (Leaf, natural size; [fruit] and twig, one-half natural size)
The LEAVES are [simple], [persistent], thick, leathery, [oblong], smooth above, pale and silvery white beneath; from 2 to 4 inches in length and 1 to 2 inches in breadth.
The [FRUIT] is an acorn about 1 inch long and ⅓ inch wide, borne on a long stem or [peduncle]; it is [oblong], dark brown and lustrous, and set in a top-shaped, [downy] cup of a light reddish-brown color. The acorn matures at the end of the first season.
The WOOD is very heavy, hard, strong and tough, light brown or yellow, with nearly white, thin [sapwood]. It was formerly largely used in ship building.
MOHRS OAK (Shin Oak)
Quercus mohriana Buckl.
Over a wide section of Central Texas, on inferior soils, are found four or more species of “shin” oaks, so called from their low-growing bushy habit. Mature trees vary from 3 to 18 feet high. These are considerably alike in foliage and [fruit]. The “oak shinneries” form a forest cover in Central Texas that affords watershed protection on the head waters of some of the state’s main rivers.
MOHRS OAK ([Fruit], natural size; leaf, two-thirds natural size)
The tree has a thin, pale-colored [BARK], rough, with deep furrows running up and down the tree.
The [deciduous] LEAVES of the above small-tree species of shin oak are [elliptical], pointed or rounded at the end, smooth or wavy or sometimes [lobed] or slightly toothed along the margin. They are thick, gray-green, dense hairy beneath, about 3 inches long by 1 inch wide.