Laurel Oak

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

Famous quotes containing the words laurel and/or oak:

    “Smart lad, to slip betimes away
    From fields where glory does not stay,
    And early though the laurel grows
    It withers quicker than the rose.”
    —A.E. (Alfred Edward)

    “Yet poetry, though the last and finest result, is a natural fruit. As naturally as the oak bears an acorn, and the vine a gourd, man bears a poem, either spoken or done. It is the chief and most memorable success, for history is but a prose narrative of poetic deeds.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)