The annual oak with its bright new leaves greets the morning sun. To the left, a perinneal Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia var. agrifolia) shelters browsing deer. I am not certain of the ID of the large annual oak. I think it may be a Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii) -- but it could be its cousin the Valley Oak (Q. lobata), or even a hybrid between the two (Q. x jolonensis -- Q. douglasii x Q. lobata). On the right, a water-loving California Bay (Umbellularia californica) From Road F, 8:03:46 am. BONUS: More than you wanted to know about oak subfamilies: There are 2 or 3 subfamilies of oaks. They do not interbreed or hybridize across subfamilies. Each subfamily has both deciduous and evergreen members. So to the left we have a prominent member of the black oak subfamily; the large twisted tree on the right is a deciduous example of the white oak subfamily. I think this is a Blue Oak (Quercus douglasii, but it may be a Valley Oak (Q. lobata, for obvious reasons when you look at a leaf), or even a hybrid between these two. Google "Oaks and their Relatives" and you will find a link to Friends of the Regiional Parks Botanic Garden, from which I learn the following: California has three major subfamilies: white oaks, golden or intermediate oaks, and black oaks (known as scarlet oaks [or Red Oaks] in the eastern U.S.)

These oak subgenera often contain both deciduous and evergreen species as well as tree and shrub species, the latter known as scrub oaks •

The black oaks are characterized by dark bark, leaves usually lined with prickly teeth, acorns that take two years to ripen, scaly acorn cups, and acorn shells lined inside with hairs •

The white oaks are noted for their pale bark, leaves often lacking prickly teeth, acorns that ripen in one year, warty acorn cups, and acorn shells that are smooth on the inside •

The golden oaks usually have pale bark, evergreen leaves with prickly teeth (sometimes missing), acorns that take two years to ripen, warty acorn cups often with a gold powder, and acorn shells lined inside with hairs • As you can see, the golden oaks combine traits from the other two groups