Larry, I agree with Bob. When it comes to oaks I believe you are the Oak King's right hand man. You can't quit untill all the Live Oaks of 20' cbh or greater are documented. And then they are others, like huge Cherrybarks!
I enjoyed sharing some " woodland " space with you in Congaree. James Parton. On Mar 2, 7:55 am, [email protected] wrote: > Larry, > > I never tire of your descriptions and pictures of these magnificent live > oaks of the the southern tier states. You have very successfully established > your self as a one man army in pursuit of the biggest of the southern live > oaks. Please keep up the good work. > > Bob > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "lawrence tucei jr" <[email protected]> > To: "Entstrees" <[email protected]>, "Marcus Houtchings" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, March 1, 2009 9:56:53 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > Subject: [ENTS] Waveland Ms. Live Oak > > ENTS, I traveled along Hwy 90 west today across Bay of St. Louis to the > small city of Waveland. I was told of a large Live Oak near the Bay by a > friend at work. I saw this tree a year ago but I didn't get a chance to go > back to it. He refreshed my memory a couple weeks ago so off I went to > measure it. A nice specimen growing 300 yards from the Bay of St. Louis on > Michigan St. CBH-23', H-48.6' and Avg. Sp. 120'x114'. This tree had adapted > well to its location. A broad crown but low in height, which seams to be the > norm close to the gulf. This area was hit the hardest by Hurricane Katrina > back in 2005. Water height here was 35-40' above normal! This Oak had only > 8-13' of the crown above saltwater for the duration of the storm. You can see > by the photos with little damage! All around this area has little > development, and scars will remain for decades. I also did a big Palm at > the old Hancock Bank in Bay St. Louis, a city just northeast of Waveland. > I'll post it at a later date. Larry > > Lawrence Tucei Jr. > > Hotmail® is up to 70% faster. Now good news travels really fast. Find out > more.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
