Our local forests have far fewer oak trees than were present in the 1800s and yet, of all our native trees, the oak tree is ...

The massive oak stood more than 80 feet high and was 25 feet wide at its base. It had been kept alive by the descendants of ...

The bark on swamp white oak is similar to that of white oak and often peels back especially on younger trees. Mature bark is dark gray-brown with flaky/shreddy bark or blocky ridges that are ...

But they'll have the new tree," Gaziano said. The church collected acorns from the old oak tree and then auctioned off the seedlings. Sixteen years later, there stands a young white oak.

Q: I’ve lost large chunks of bark off my Mexican white oak in just six weeks. It is without leaves. It’s a great shade tree on the west side of my kitchen. What might have caused that?

It was an old tree, it was around a long time and it’ll still kind of be around. It’ll just be used for children now.” The city plans to plant two trees on Pioneer where the white oak came down.

The property also includes unique trees and plantings, in addition to the white oak. “As I understand it, Susan and her mother, and possibly her grandmother, were avid gardeners,” Drakeley said.

October 04, 2024 at 2:56 pm PDT The majestic old Oregon white oak tree across from Beach Elementary School has been a staple of the Overlook neighborhood since its inception, and approximately 200 ...