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TOPIC: Ring-in-the-Oak
http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees/browse_thread/thread/72736d9781fbc1e2?hl=en
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== 1 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Feb 14 2008 1:06 pm
From: Larry
ENTS,
I posted a while back an Indian Legend in Biloxi about a Chiefs
Daughter and a Brave from another tribe who were in Love with each
other. The Legend states that the Biloxi Chief stated when yonder
Live
Oak grows a ring in it, you can marry him. The tree grew a hollow
ring
and the couple wed. Last weekend I Photographed the tree which grows
adjacent to Hwy 90 on Biloxi beach. They are putting in new curbes
and
resurfacing the Hwy and I wanted to make sure our Oaks are well
treated.
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They have had much stress in the last few years due to
Hurricane Katrina. But all in all they are coming back and look
quite
healthy, with about 20-30 percent loss coast wide. When there are
thousands of Live Oaks lining the Hwy you really don't notice just
one, but this one (Ring-in-the-Oak) stands out. It is the only Live
Oak I know of with a hole in a limb!
Larry
== 2 of 2 ==
Date: Thurs, Feb 14 2008 9:06 pm
From: James Parton
Cool, I will check out those photos too!
JP
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