Angel oak, Charleston SC

[Laaz]

The wife & I had nothing better to do today, so we brought my grandson down to the 1,500 year old Angel oak... Somehow all these seeds ended up in my pocket.. 

 

[Laaz]

[Laaz]

[PalmTreeDude]

Wow! That thing is ancient, and beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 

[caixeta]

It is a Quercus virginiana ?

[5150cycad]

That is an amazing looking tree. Great pictures

[WonderKeeper]

Very Cool.

[Laaz]

9 hours ago, caixeta said:

It is a Quercus virginiana ?

Yes it is.

[fastfeat]

Seems like a lot of foot traffic under this tree. Extrapolate over years and that's a lot of pore space in the soil that's compacted, and a lot of exposure to potential limb failure for visitors. While I understand the desire of people to want to touch and photograph themselves with trees, I'd prefer to see a bit more protection offered to it. An elevated deck could be easily constructed to get people close to the tree w/o compacting the soil.

[SubTropicRay]

Gorgeous!  It was already a decent sized tree in George Washington's lifetime.

[bubba]

I have seen some special Live Oaks. In a private hunting camp of friends near the swamps that constitute the head waters of the St. John's River (one of two rivers in the world that flows north- the other,the Nile), I have seen 5 Live Oaks that are arranged in a circle around what is believed to be an Indian Burial Ground. They are estimated by the landowner's to be 500 years old. They are each huge but less than 1/3 the size of that Oak. That is magnificence!