kraken trees! On Dec 6, 2009, at 6:41 PM, doug bidlack wrote:
> ENTS, > > coast live oaks (Q. agrifolia) are another attractive species in the > Red Oak group. I first encountered these two years ago in December > on the way from Pasadena to San Francisco. I took a number of > pictures at Los Osos Oaks State Reserve in the San Luis Obispo > area. Later that day we went to Paso Robles and sampled the local > wines. Tough day! > > As someone who knew absolutely nothing about California oaks before > this trip in 2008, I had a hard time at first with all the evergreen > oaks. This one looks superficially like canyon oak but the bark is > even smoother and it doesn't look like it's made up of a bunch of > strips. It also has the vertical stripes going up the bark that I > often associate with the Red Oaks of the East. > > My wife (Ellen), mom (Gabriele) and dad (Virgil) appear in the > following images with the coast live oaks of Los Osos Oaks State > Reserve. > > Doug > > > > > -- > 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] > <Coast live oak #8.jpg><Coast live oak #9.jpg><Coast live oak #10 > (1).jpg><Coast live oak #11 (1).jpg><Coast live oak #12 > (1).jpg><Coast live oak #13.jpg><Coast live oak #14 (1).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]
