Laurel oak may refer to two species of trees native to the southeastern United States:
- Quercus hemisphaerica, sometimes called sand laurel oak or Darlington oak
- Quercus laurifolia, sometimes called swamp laurel oak, diamond-leaf oak, obtusa oak, or water oak
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“The strongest poison ever known
Came from Caesars laurel crown.”
—William Blake (17571827)
“When the red-cheeked, dancing girls, April and May, trip home to the wintry, misanthropic woods; even the barest, ruggedest, most thunder-cloven old oak will at least send forth some few green sprouts, to welcome such glad-hearted visitants.”
—Herman Melville (18191891)
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