AMAZING!! Freaking Amazing. Larry, live oaks rule.
Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "lawrence tucei jr" <[email protected]> To: "Entstrees" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 6:32:00 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] Louisana Oaks 2 ENTS, After leaving the St. Joseph's Abbey we traveled to Baton Rouge then turned south for Carville, La. While in B.R we passed several large Live Oaks and stopped on Highland Rd to measure one of the larger trees that we had seen. Growing right next to the roadway under powerlines at the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra Admin Office. A huge tree that B.R. beautification commission has deemed the Legacy Oak. CBH-24' 9", Spread-105' x 96' and Height-65'. A trunk photo and a crown photo. After much pleasure at the ole Oak we departed for our next stop, the old State Hospital for Leprosy in Carville along the Great River Foad. Now known as the National Hansen's Disease Center. After a 25 mile drive south we turned onto river road hwy 141 or state rd 75. Old Plantation fields flank the roadway along with industrial development. About a mile before we reached the center we spied a Huge Lone Live Oak south of the rodeway about 200 yards. It had obviously been left from an earlier time when trees would have been bountiful here. Wow! What a tree, it was surrounded by a wrought iron fence with manicured grown. A small arranged group of head stones flanked the western edge of the tree. Most dating recently. This is on of the coolest oaks I've done, with a face like appearance with a somber expression! And to top that off there were Honey Bees in a huge cavity inside the wonderous tree. Named, you guessed it the Lone Oak. From my experience with Bees I could tell they have been living in this tree for years. Way cool! CBH-25' 11", Spread-126' x 112.5' and Height-60'. Some photos of this great centinal! Part 3, the Hansen's Disease Center will come later. Larry Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. Get it now. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
