Very well captured. A very impressive tree apparently in excellent health.
Is it a local species or a European import? Henry VIII passed probably the
world's first piece of Green Legislation to ensure sufficient Oak trees for
future shipbuilding. Corruption & over-exploitation were specifically
targeted as well as the planting of new forests. After some 400 years they
are now mature!
Alan C
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From: Paul Stenquist
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2016 6:20 PM
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Subject: PESO: America's Largest
This Rochester Hills, Michigan tree is said to be the largest Bebb Oak in
the United States. It measures about ten feet in diameter at its base, and
one of its weighty limbs rests on the ground. It
is estimated to be at least 250 years old, although that has never been
determined for certain, because common testing means might injure it.
Sometimes we’re so caught up in things, it’s hard to see the trees for the
forest. I must have driven by this massive tree dozens of times since I
arrived in Michigan and never noticed it. I only discovered it after a lady
friend, who arrived here from Italy just a dozen years ago or so, pointed it
out to me and asked if I would photograph it for her. I finally did so this
morning, just before sunrise. It’s on a busy street, so my angles were
limited. I cloned out a couple of street signs and a bit of pavement. The
tree predates them by hundreds of years, so I figured its entitled to a
clean environment.
http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=18297169&size=lg
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