Hello everyone, We have a few questions regarding Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana) Naval Live Oaks in particular:
1. How, if any, have various groups of humans influenced the natural history of Live Oaks? 2. Kit Anderson states in his book, Nature, Culture, and Big Old Trees, that live oaks have adapted to living around humans, mainly that their quintessential form really is expressed when humans clear out the undergrowth/give the trees lots of space. We would like to know if the academic community accept/reject/tolerate Andersons interpretation? 3. Are Naval Live Oaks on the Santa Rosa peninsula (FL) scrubbier because of wind, salt and their proximity to the Gulf? 4. We would like to know more about the soil science of shell middens and shell mound habitat and about Naval Live Oaks association, or lack of, with them. Meaning do these oaks prefer the alkaline conditions, the drainage, and the nutrients? 5. We would like to know more about the Native American Ethnobotany database website http://herb.umd.umich.edu. Also, are there other ethnobontanic uses of Live Oaks beside what is listed in the database? 6. We realize there is some disagreement over the taxonomic relationship between Sand Live Oaks (Quercus geminata) and Live Oaks (Q. virginiana). Where do Naval Live oaks fit? Thank you for your time. Sincerely, Sara E. Viernum Clifford J. Webb
