Larry Congratulations, you've done it again. From a distance, the great tree looks more like a small forest. Live oaks are simply marvelous.
Bob Sent from my iPhone On Nov 15, 2009, at 10:14 PM, lawrence tucei jr <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, I went to Naval Air Station Pensacola this weekend for the > Blue Angels Homecoming Airshow, it was great. I stayed in Destin > Fla., which isn't but an hour or so from a large Live Oak that I > read about in the past. Located in Geneva, Ala., I decided to check > it out on Sat. What a plesant drive to a beautiful area in South > Central Ala., about 5 miles from the Fla., state > line. > > > > The tree was fantastic, growing in an open setting at Robert A. > Fowler Memorial Park adjacent to the junction of the Pea and > Choctowahatchee Rivers. An old steam-boat landing area, where cotton > was brought by river back in the 18oo's. The tree-called the Big Old > Oak, is well loved by everyone in Geneva and very healtly. The > measurements were, CBH-22'9", Height-69' and Spread-163.5' x 154.5' > making it #94 on the listing. However its great spread made it the > 2nd largest avg. spread I've ever seen!, and the 4th Greatest > spread! Fantastic, with the longest limb at 85-90'. Almost all the > limbs touched the ground out from the trunk at 70', then bushed out > like an azeala. Very cool tree. Some photos and an updated listing. > I also did one more Live Oak in Pensacola, Sunday on the way home. > I'll report on it later with an added surprise! Larry > > > The Pea River, the largest tributary of the Choctawhatchee, is > formed in Bullock County southeast of Union Springs and flows > generally southwest for about 128 miles to join the Choctawhatchee > near Geneva in Geneva County a short distance north of the Florida > line. The Pea River subwatershed encompasses 1,542 square miles and > sits just west of the Choctawhatchee mainstem. It flows 68 miles to > Elba, then south for about 30 miles to the west of Samson, then > gradually turns east and dips slightly into Florida before joining > the Choctawhatchee River at mile 91.7 south of Geneva. 93% of the > subbasin is in Alabama and 7% in Florida. (Corps) > > > Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. Sign up 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] > <Copy_of_Copy_of_Live_Oak_Project_20070524.xls> > <The Big Oak 1 CBH-22' 9.JPG> > <The Big Oak 2 Spread- 163.5' x 154.5.JPG> > <The Big Oak 3 .JPG> -- 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]
