The leaves are stiff and leathery, with the tops shiny dark green and the bottoms pale gray and very tightly tomentose, simple and typically flattish with bony-opaque margins, with a length of .75 - 6 inches (2 – 15 cm) and a width of .4 - 2 inches (1 – 5 cm), borne alternately
Bark
The bark is dark, thick, and furrowed longitudinally
flower
The male flowers are green hanging catkins with lengths of 3 - 4 inches (7.5 –10 cm).
fruit
The acorns are small, .4 - 1 inch (1 - 2.5 cm), oblong in shape (ovoid or oblong-ellipsoid), shiny and tan-brown to nearly black, often black at the tips, and borne singly or in clusters.
Ecology
The avenue of live oaks at Boone Hall in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, planted in 1743.
misc
The branches frequently support other plant species such as rounded clumps of ball moss, thick drapings of Spanish moss,resurrection fern, and parasitic mistletoe. USDA Wikipedia