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. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
