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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).
The Seven Sisters Oak, estimated to be between 500 and 1,000 years old, is the largest certified southern live oak tree. The Angel Oak on Johns Island, South Carolina, near Charleston is estimated to be 400–500 years old. It has a trunk circumference of 8.5 m (28 ft), height of 20.3 m (66 ft 6 in) and limb spread of 57 m (187 ft).
Angel Oak, Johns Island, South Carolina. The Angel Oak is a living Southern live oak tree on Johns Island. [5] Once believed to be 1500 years old, current estimates of the oak's age are 400 to 500 years. [5] [6] The oak is 65 ft (20 m) tall, with a trunk circumference of 25.5 ft (7.8 m). [11]
It all started back in 1967 when the then-newlyweds planted the tree in the front yard of their new home in West Stockbridge, Mass., according to NBC affiliate WNBC.
Blue oak woodlands cover about 2,939,000 acres (11,890 km 2) of the state of California, and of this area about 79%, or 2,322,000 acres (9,400 km 2), shows no evidence of past cutting of trees. [3] In California's mediterranean climate oak woodlands exist between 60 and 700 meters in elevation. There are three main geographic regions for oak ...
Horticulture maze on the plantation Lake on the plantation Flowerdale — first planted in 1680 Red footbridge over green water Pond with heron statues. Magnolia Plantation and Gardens (464 acres, 187.77 hectares) is a historic house with gardens located on the Ashley River at 3550 Ashley River Road west of Ashley, Charleston County, South Carolina.
It is distinguished from Quercus virginiana (southern live oak) most easily by the acorns, which are slightly larger and with a more pointed apex. It is also a smaller tree, not exceeding 1 metre (40 inches) in trunk diameter – compared to 2.5 m (75 in) in diameter in southern live oak – with more erect branching and a less wide crown. [5]
An arborist using a chainsaw to cut a eucalyptus tree in a public park Two arborists climbing and dismantling a Norway Maple in Ontario, Canada. An arborist [1], or (less commonly) arboriculturist, is a professional in the practice of arboriculture, which is the cultivation, management, and study of individual trees, shrubs, vines, and other perennial woody plants in dendrology and horticulture.