These oaks are an important source of timber and tannin. Evergreens in the red oak group are often called live oaks. The live oak of the Southern States grows in the Gulf and Atlantic coastal plains. Its large, spreading branches are often draped with Spanish moss. In coastal dune areas, these trees grow as shrubs.
Live oaks are also common in dry regions of Texas.
The California live oak grows on hillsides along the southern California coast, where little rain falls during the summer. Other Oaks In Britain and northern Europe, two common deciduous trees are the English oak and the sessile oak, also called the durmast oak. These two species of oaks are easy to tell apart by the way their acorns grow. The acorns of English oaks grow on long stalks. The acorns of sessile oaks attach directly to twigs.