Tuesday, May 06, 2025

A Scion of the Wye Oak

This is the unmistakable shape of a field-grown white oak, Quercus Alba.

This tree is just up the road from me, and is a progeny of the 460-year-old Wye Oak that was felled by a storm in 2002. A single branch that came down from the Wye Oak in 1984 weighed 70,280 lbs.

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