Abbeville Co,, SC Trees  
  

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TOPIC: Abbeville Co. SC trees
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Date: Tues, Jan 1 2008 5:01 pm
From: James Parton


ENTS,

 

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Over the New Years weekend I went to visit my dad & brother who live
in Abbeville county SC. My brother David who lives in Calhoun Falls
has a really nice oak tree in his yard which I measured. It is a
respectable 15' 1 1/4" cbh. I believe it is a Willow Oak due to its
small thin willow-like leaves. I would estimate the tree to be less
than 100 feet tall. The acorns are fairly small. About an half-inch or
so in size.

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Also I took Howard Hannah the pictures I had taken of him & his oak. I
also printed out the ENTS report on his oak and gave it to him. He was
elated, knowing that anyone who accessed ENTS the world over can see
him & his magnificent Post Oak.

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Dad has a nice oak of uncertain type. He believes it to be a Pin Oak/
Red Oak hybrid. It is about 60/70 feet tall & has a circumference of
8' 9 3/4", not especially large or unique but still pretty. It has
grown in the nearly 20 years he has owned the property. When he bought
it the tree has a big hole caused by hunters target practice. You
could dig lead & debris from the hole in the tree at the time. Now the
hole has entirely grown over, only a trace of it remains. In time the
tree will only become larger and prettier. Howard & Dad both live in
Lowndesville SC.

While riding around the area I noticed a number of oaks of size. Most
are in peoples yards. I am going to have to explore the area for large
or unusual trees. Dad knows of a forest outside of McCormick SC that
he said the trees are so tall that it makes him dizzy looking up at
them. With him, I will check it out. He said they were pines. Probably
Loblolly or Slash. Of course I will do a post when that occurs.

I will post some pictures from this visit to the file page.


HNY: James Parton.