Thanks, Alan. It's a hybrid, a cross of White Oak and Bur Oak. Probably planted by early French settlers around 1750 or earlier. There are literally hundreds of Oak varieties native to North America but many imports as well. Not sure about the origin of Bur and White Oak but both are common in Michigan and probably native.
Paul via phone > On Oct 11, 2016, at 11:15 PM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > > Very well captured. A very impressive tree apparently in excellent health. Is > it a local species or a European import? Henry VIII passed probably the > world's first piece of Green Legislation to ensure sufficient Oak trees for > future shipbuilding. Corruption & over-exploitation were specifically > targeted as well as the planting of new forests. After some 400 years they > are now mature! > > Alan C > > -----Original Message----- From: Paul Stenquist > Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6:20 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: PESO: America's Largest > > This Rochester Hills, Michigan tree is said to be the largest Bebb Oak in > the United States. It measures about ten feet in diameter at its base, and > one of its weighty limbs rests on the ground. It > is estimated to be at least 250 years old, although that has never been > determined for certain, because common testing means might injure it. > Sometimes we’re so caught up in things, it’s hard to see the trees for the > forest. I must have driven by this massive tree dozens of times since I > arrived in Michigan and never noticed it. I only discovered it after a lady > friend, who arrived here from Italy just a dozen years ago or so, pointed it > out to me and asked if I would photograph it for her. I finally did so this > morning, just before sunrise. It’s on a busy street, so my angles were > limited. I cloned out a couple of street signs and a bit of pavement. The > tree predates them by hundreds of years, so I figured its entitled to a clean > environment. > > http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18297169&size=lg > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
