jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 11:18:15 GMT -5
Over 90 years old and only 10 inches in diameter. It got out competed by adjacent oaks for some reason. Adjacent oaks over 30 inches in diameter and twice as tall. They stole all the sun and nutrients from this poor tree. However, slow growth makes dense oil/sap rich wood that will turn the wood stove cherry red. Full of knots from bottom to top, due to pesky limbs formed in desperation to suck up sun light. Evidenced by the jagged concentricity. Slow grown wood is stunning, a common variety of red oak. May look it up to attempt taxonomy using leaves. Many varieties of red oaks in Georgia, differentiation tricky at times. Many are only found in small area, many native to only one of 168 counties in Georgia. They pump out the acorns and keep the deer/rodents fed over the winter. Very few varieties of white oaks(the other family). They have the tastiest acorns according to the deer. I asked them. Shoulda waited till it petrified.  Visitors go rock hunting in the chips in the drive way from breaking tumbles, especially kids and broseph82 |
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micellular
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Post by micellular on Sept 16, 2015 11:21:07 GMT -5
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 16, 2015 11:41:41 GMT -5
Over 90 years old and only 10 inches in diameter. It got out competed by adjacent oaks for some reason. Adjacent oaks over 30 inches in diameter and twice as tall. They stole all the sun and nutrients from this poor tree. Shoulda waited till it petrified. James, maybe it was just a runt? A genetic slow-poke? Or a Johnny-come-lately, the other trees got a head start?
I don't think you have the patience to have waited for it to petrify, lol.
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Post by captbob on Sept 16, 2015 11:48:10 GMT -5
REPRESSION!!
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jamesp
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 13:20:54 GMT -5
Poor tree, Rush created feelings of guilt captbob. what a band I think that tree started on a big rock and stunted it Jean. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 13:27:44 GMT -5
Interesting petrification process micellular. Funny thing, those very metallic salts and acid inputs add with silicon rich water to petrify coral/wood and oolitic limestone down here in south land. And the silicifications are very hard and silicifying large chunks and corals. Often forming massive cherts. Don't tempt me... |
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Post by Pat on Sept 16, 2015 13:28:43 GMT -5
That is a saaaad story! What are you going to do with those lovely logs?
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Post by rockpickerforever on Sept 16, 2015 13:46:32 GMT -5
I think that tree started on a big rock and stunted it Jean. That was my second thought. Funny how seeds are even able to germinate in not-so-good locations. Have seen pine trees in the mountains here growing from a crack in a large boulder. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 15:27:46 GMT -5
That is a saaaad story! What are you going to do with those lovely logs? Whilst the tree was whole I should have cut it into like 3/4 inch slabs Pat. It would have been easier at least. Slabs of camphor trees make great wall hangers. Just sand them a bit every week or so and the smell of camphor exudes thru the house. Or put the slab under your car seat for aromatic delight. Camphor in Florida, too cold for them here. They get 10 feet across, monster trees. Introduced to Florida as a now nuisance tree back when you were applying Campho-phenique to you babies. But those oak slabs would make great art projects for sales on Etsy. Must try a few, have an infinite supply of those wolf trees. My neighbors have cut most of their big oaks, 1500+ acres around me. My 100 year old oaks feed all the deer, which in turn feeds me. Deer sanctuary in winter other than the less fortunate ones in the freezer. Camphor tree, tree climber's delight  |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 15:35:19 GMT -5
I think that tree started on a big rock and stunted it Jean. That was my second thought. Funny how seeds are even able to germinate in not-so-good locations. Have seen pine trees in the mountains here growing from a crack in a large boulder. Unfortunate start in life not good for man nor beast nor tree Jean. I think I was hatched in red clay, been there ever since. Used to get dates by promising to sneak them into the kaolin pits(pure wet white clay) for mud bathes. (I'm not that stupid.) Always paid dividends for being different. Man do I miss those days. |
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Post by mohs on Sept 16, 2015 17:13:15 GMT -5
That end cut is beaut of a picture james!
gonna save it for my files
show it to my bro
didn't Lynard Skynard have a lyric
Whiskey bottles, and brand new cars
Oak tree you're in my way
There's too much coke and too much smoke
Look what's going on inside you
Ooooh that smell
Can't you smell that smell
Ooooh that smell
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Post by jamesp on Sept 16, 2015 17:48:16 GMT -5
Yep, dat be Skynyrd. Not Skynard mohs. Spelling critical. Funny story.... "For many years, Skinner was a gym teacher at his alma mater, Robert E. Lee High School. Before coaching at Robert E. Lee, he taught at Glynn Academy in Glynn County, Georgia. He was also a basketball coach at Stillwell Jr. High in Jacksonville. Several members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, including Ronnie Van Zant, Gary Rossington, and Bob Burns, were students at Robert E. Lee in the 1960s. Skinner's strict enforcement of a policy against long hair inspired the members to name their band after him. The group reportedly changed their name after Skinner sent Rossington and others to the principal's office for wearing their hair too long.[2][3] Over time, Burns, Rossington, and other band members developed a series of running in-jokes about Skinner and ultimately decided to pay "tongue-in-cheek homage" to him by renaming themselves "Lynyrd Skynyrd."[4] In 1977, an Associated Press article described the band's connection to their gym teacher as follows: It seems a physical education teacher named Leonard Skinner didn't cotton to long hair or loud music. A run-in with him helped get the boys suspended. As a way of getting back, they named the band for Skinner, changing the vowels to avoid a lawsuit and becoming famous enough to make the story a rock legend.[5]" Read more en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Skinner |
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Post by mohs on Sept 16, 2015 22:33:56 GMT -5
thanks for pointing that out james
I even tried real hard to spell it correctly
must remember it all y's
love the gym teacher story
rock roll high school
created a lots of rebel bands
mrystly mystly
mostly
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Post by drocknut on Sept 17, 2015 6:45:01 GMT -5
Cool
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Post by jamesp on Sept 17, 2015 7:15:26 GMT -5
thanks for pointing that out james I even tried real hard to spell it correctly must remember it all y's love the gym teacher story rock roll high school created a lots of rebel bands mrystly mystly mostly Rumor had it they intentionally misspelled his name at school just to aggravate him. Or I saw an interview w/them talking about them misspelling his name. Sounds like typical rebel high school behavior of those times. They made him famous LOL. And named the band after a rebel cause. |
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Post by mohs on Sept 17, 2015 9:00:08 GMT -5
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Post by Fossilman on Sept 17, 2015 10:12:33 GMT -5
Doesn't some oak make good "Smoke" for BBQ?  ?? |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 17, 2015 13:28:09 GMT -5
Doesn't some oak make good "Smoke" for BBQ? ?? Yep. I am spoiled with sugar rich alders and cherry trees. So bypass hickory and oak. And we have a good many oaks. Not sure if they put out the same flavor Michael. Just a few common ones: scarlet oak Southern red oak sand live oak Georgia oak laurel oak shingle oak bluejack oak turkey oak swamp laurel oak overcup oak sand post oak blackjack oak swamp chestnut oak dwarf live oak chestnut oak chinquapin oak myrtle oak water oak Oglethorpe oak cherrybark oak pin oak willow oak dwarf chinquapin oak Northern red oak Shumard’s oak swamp post oak bastard (Durand) oak post oak black oak live oak |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 17, 2015 13:30:53 GMT -5
mohs- Thank You Always loved that skit
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ash
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Post by ash on Sept 17, 2015 13:46:58 GMT -5
You could cut a couple in slices and polish them up and then mount the next buck you pop on there. I think it would look great.
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