Yesterday I measured another large Live Oak in Ocean Springs, Ms. 27'
CBH, 121.5 Spread and 72' Height making it the 4th largest Oak measured
to date. It grows adjacent to a bayou estuary called Ft. Bayou, next to
a Old Home which is now a restaurant. A very majestic tree on a small
slope about 100 meters from the brackish bayou. I send some photos Ed.

The top ten Live Oaks I have measured so far are.                        
                                         

1) The Biloxi Oak - 35' CBH,
144' Spread, 57' Height, 956 Hwy 90 Biloxi, Ms.                          
                                        

2) The Andrew Jackson Oak -
29'6" CBH, 148' Spread, 81' Height, Old Hwy 98 Daphne Ala.               
                                                  

3) The Gulfport Oak -
28'6" CBH, 130' Spread, 48' Height, 17th st. and 30th ave. Gulfport, Ms.
                                                       

4) The Ruskin Oak
- 27' 2" CBH, 153' Spread, 57' Height, Ruskin Ave., Ocean Springs, Ms.    
                                                      

5) Aunt Jenny's Oak - 27'1" CBH, 121.5' Spread, 72' Height, Aunt Jenny's
Restaurant, Washington Ave., Ocean Springs, Ms.                          
                                        

6) The Coliseum Oak - 24'6" CBH,
126' Spread, 54' Height, Hwy 90 Biloxi, Ms.                              
                                    

7) The Treasure Oak - 24' 4" CBH,
137' Spread, 66' Height, Treasure Oak Country Club, Hwy 90, Ocean
Springs, Ms.                                                             
     

8) United Methodist Oak - 22' CBH, 131.5' Spread, 51' Height, 4322
Popps Ferry Rd., Biloxi, Ms.                                             
                     

9) The Lewis Oak - 21' CBH, 120' Spread, 66'
Height, Seacliff, Gautier, Ms.                                           
                       

10) The Handsboro Oak - 20' CBH, 125' Spread, 66'
Height, 1000 East Pass Rd., Gulfport, Ms.                                
                                  

These are the top ten Live Oaks I've
measured to date. I have sent photos of most of them to Ed, My goal is
to locate the top 50 trees in my region. While researching the Live Oak
Registry, I have discovered they have 20 Live Oaks 30 CBH or larger
listed, I will contact them and add my 35' tree to the listing. I also
found some trees listed in Long Beach, Ms., from 1934 with CBH
recordings, I will measure them and see what the growth rates have been
for the past 73 years! This should be quite interesting to see the
results.          

(I will complete the listing tomorrow, I forgot The Friendship Oak in my Top Ten.)

Larry Tucei