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TT: Re: Live Oak
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Ah, the state tree of Ga. Its difficult to match its splendor and sprawling
branches.
While traveling thru Statesboro, Ga. a few years ago, I noticed a local
hotel had
pruned their 30' Live Oaks into a box shape much to my horror (probably an
aspiring forester). Thank goodness, the trees have been "put to sleep"
since.
There is a Southern Magnolia that has shown cold hardiness to -25F,
Bracken's
Brown Beauty. There is a mass planting in Cinncinnati(sp) and has beaten
the odds. So Yankees that want to take a chance,try it but please leave the
skirt !
Craig/Athens,Ga.
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> From: RT Ellsberry <rtells@Flora.Com>
> To: Community Forestry <TreeTown@Majordomo.Flora.Com>
> Subject: TT: Live Oak
> Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 2:06 AM
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> Dear TreeTown -
>
> Quercus virginiana. In a world of Baobabs and Banyans, Monkey Puzzles
> and Joshua Trees, Redwoods, Frankincense and Myrrh, for myself as a
> late-blooming tree enthusiast / Community Forester, I don't think that
> any species to my own (evolving) knowledge inspires more joyful awe
> than the Live Oak Tree, native to the SE US. Commonly called such
> because it is an evergreen. As fate would (wood?) have it, Baltimore
> lies just a few unfortunate latitudes above its hardy range. I do
> have evergreen Southern Magnolias right outside my window, however,
> which don't quite make it up to New York City (sorry Lisa :) ...
>
> Just being excited about taking my first vacation in memory down to
> Charleston SC in a few days. Been spending way too much time in front
> of computers. On the outer skirts of Charleston survives the gigantic
> 'Angel Oak,' I believe, which is several hundred years old and is easily
> worth the trip -- much broader than tall and draped in Spanish Moss.
>
> I think this Angel is the No. 2 champ. It's a bit of a challenge for
> us Marylanders, because our state White Oak, called the 'Wye Oak' down
> in Oxford, is the world champion Quercus alba. (Oxford is also home
> to the world champion Willow Oak -- one of our finest street trees).
>
> There's not much to compare with a Live Oak though, you may have seen
> them in the wonderful film 'Forrest Gump.' Any differing opinions?
>
> Richard@Flora.Com
> On the road from Baltimore USDA Zone 7
>
>
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