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Quercus stellata, the post oak or iron oak, is a North American species of oak in the white oak section. It is a slow-growing oak that lives in dry areas on the edges of fields, tops of ridges, and also grows in poor soils, and is resistant to rot, fire, and drought. Interbreeding occurs among white oaks, thus many hybrid species combinations ...
Live oak was widely used in early American butt shipbuilding.Because of the trees' short height and low-hanging branches, lumber from live oaks was used in curved parts of the frame, such as knee braces (single-piece, L-shaped braces that spring inward from the side and support the deck), in which the grain runs perpendicular to structural stress, making for exceptional strength.
An oak leaf cluster is a ribbon device to denote preceding decorations and awards consisting of a miniature bronze or silver twig of four oak leaves with three acorns on the stem. It is authorized by the United States Armed Forces for a specific set of decorations and awards of the Department of Defense , Department of the Army , and Department ...
The Penderels and Colonel Careless employed coats of arms depicting an oak tree and three royal crowns, differentiated by colour. [4] A Thomas Toft signed charger, c. 1680, with slip-trailed decoration of Charles II in the oak tree. Large slipware dishes (known as 'chargers') depicting the Boscobel Oak were made by the Staffordshire potter ...
The tree's pungent leaves have a similar flavor to bay leaves, though stronger, and it may be mistaken for bay laurel. The tree is endemic to the California Floristic Province. It is a host of the pathogen that causes sudden oak death. The dry wood has a color range from blonde (like maple) to brown (like walnut).
Angel Oak is an exceptionally large Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) located in Angel Oak Park on Johns Island near Charleston, South Carolina. The tree is estimated to be 400–500 years old. [1] It stands 66.5 ft (20 m) tall, measures 28 ft (8.5 m) in circumference, and produces shade that covers 17,200 square feet (1600 m 2).
Download the file enwiki-YYYYMMDD-pages-articles.xml.bz2 from the most recent dump. For example, on your.org, go to directory YYYYMMDD for the most recent date (for example 20171020), and retrieve the requested file (for example enwiki-20171020-pages-articles.xml.bz2). Create a command file, for example ListCheckWiki64.txt with the following ...