Some species of oak trees are characterized as live oak trees. The southern live oak is one example. \
These live oak trees look like other species of oak trees but there is one key difference: they do not lose their leaves in the fall. Live oaks keep their foliage, which makes them distinctly different from other species that are deciduous and lose their leaves every year. \
Live oak trees only grow in the southern U.S., where climates are warm enough to sustain leaves year-round. \