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:

    “Popularity is the crown of laurel which the world puts on bad art. Whatever is popular is wrong.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “The leaves are all dead on the ground,
    Save those that the oak is keeping”
    —Robert Frost (1874–1963)