Saturday 1 March 2014

Oak Trees

Mighty oaks from little acorns grow

A great Oak in Westonbirt arboretum


Sutton Park Gate, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
Sutton Park Gate, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
Sutton Park Gate, Sutton Coldfield, Birmingham, UK
Big Oak in Henley in Arden, UK

Girth of 16 metres

Turkey oak at Knighthayes, England (reported height of 40 m as of 2008)
Turkey Oak again, with photo montage to show relative size

43 metre high bee oak in Bialowieza Forest

Ambrosius oak Taasinge Denmark

Oak tree in Tibet (images.google.co.ukimgres)
The Angel oak in Mississippi USA, 1400 years old
Angel Oak

Angel Oak

Blue Oak 112ft high 3 rivers California (www.ufei.orgslashBigtreesslashintro)

Fredville Oak (Majesty) 19 m high 12,2 m girth (as of 2008) (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm)
Majesty, the Fredville Oak (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm)

Fredville Oak (Majesty)

One of the Oaks of Ivanack, Germany, 800 years old and about 35 meters tall (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm)

One of the Oaks of Ivanack (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm)
One of the Oaks of Ivanack (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm)

 One of the Oaks of Ivanack (http://bomeninfo.nl/nijenbeek.htm) + face added

Oak in Switzerland 26 meters high (2008)
The Tullynally Oak Tallest oak in Ireland at 109 feet [in 1995] (witsendnj.blogspot.com)
Image originally in the book 'Meeting with Remarkable trees'.  If you love trees then you'll probably love this book.



Oak in South Carolina 67 feet high 32 feet girth (as of 2008)




Red Oak National Champion Richard Margolis Rochester USA

Second place Ohio champion white oak tree, photo by John Knouse

The oak of Easthampton, UK

The Bowthorpe oak perhaps the oldest tree in the UK

The Bowthorpe oak
Major Oak 2013 (maybrick2001.files.wordpress.com)
The Major Oak of Sherwood forest, England, 800 years old

The Old Senator Quercus Virginiania Florida, USA

(The Henley Oak) Valley Oak, Covelo, California (Reported heights vary between 140 feet and 163 feet)
The Henley Oak 

The Henley Oak (montage showing height)
The Henley Oak (www.landmarktrees.net Height given on this website is 151 feet (46 m))   
Wye Oak of Maryland USA


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Blogger Lucas Machias said...

http://www.ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=6256

Check out the oaks on this

29 July 2014 at 09:24  

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