The Brooklet Oak

The Brooklet Oak, Ashville, NC

==============================================================================
TOPIC: The Brooklet Oak, Asheville NC
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/21a376b984a57914?hl=en
==============================================================================

== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Tues, Feb 5 2008 10:04 pm
From: James Parton

ENTS,

While my mother was in surgery today at the St. Joseph's campus of Memorial Mission Hospital here in Asheville as I walked down across the street to measure the Brooklet Oak which is located just off Brooklet Street behind a big parking garge. Initially I believed it to be a Red Oak ( Quercus Rubra ) but the leaves & acorns more resemble the White Oak ( Quercus Alba ). The bark is a bit darker than most White Oaks though. The tree is taller than the parking deck and I would guess the tree close to 100 feet in height. It's girth is a decent 15' 7 1/2 ".

I have attached 3 photos taken, one with mom for scale, last summer. All three combined are less than 300mb so it should not be too difficult for dial up users.

The Brooklet Oak.JPG (62560 bytes)

I also measured a large nearby maple and three really decent hawthorns. I will post them tomorrow.

Below is an older post I did on the tree.

http://www.nativetreesociety.org/fieldtrips/north_carolina/brooklet_oak.htm

I also uploaded a picture of this ragged but magnificent oak to the file page.

James Parton

Home