Doug- I went from Morro Bay to Paso Robles in 2008...still getting wines from wine clubs we signed up with there (Donati and Rotta).
-Don > Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2009 15:41:40 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: [ENTS] California Oaks / Coast Live Oak #1 > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > > 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] _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail gives you a free,exclusive gift. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/hotmail_bl1/hotmail_bl1.aspx?ocid=PID23879::T:WLMTAGL:ON:WL:en-ww:WM_IMHM_7:092009 -- 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]
