New Orleans and Tulane are both known for the heavy spreading form of the live oak. The trees remain green throughout the winter and only lose their leaves right before growing new ones in the spring. The iconic shape has been replicated on the famous pots of the Newcomb College ceramicists.
Additionally, in 1909, nine years before Newcomb College was relocated to its current location, President Brandt V. B. Dixon instituted an Arbor Day for the planting of acorns from the ancient live oaks on its former campus in the Garden District, so that the specific feel of the canopy could be transferred to the new campus. These young trees were then transplanted from Newcomb's original campus on Washington Avenue to Newcomb Place, when the school moved to Broadway St in 1918. They still remain in their green and grand splendor.