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On Sep 21, 8:00 pm, [email protected] wrote: > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
