Glendale Blvd & Bancroft: Probably Not Coast Live Oak, But They Were Significant Trees

Photo: Andrew Sears, October 10, 2012.  One of the 2 larger oak trees cut down last week, with Sears' size 12 foot for scale.  (Click on photos to enlarge.)   

 

We received email from one reader suggesting the oak trees cut down on the vacant lots on Glendale Blvd & Bancroft were not native Coast Live Oak, but might be non-native Cork Oak.  The bark is unusual in that it's spongy and