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Angel Oak (John's Island, SC)
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Angel Oak (John's Island, SC)
Towering over 65 feet high, the Angel Oak has shaded John's Island, South Carolina, for over 1500 years, and would have sprouted 1000 years before Columbus' arrival in the New World. Recorded history traces the ownership of the live oak and surrounding land, back to the year 1717 when Abraham Waight received it as part of a small land grant. The tree stayed in the Waight family for four generations, and was part of a Marriage Settlement to Justus Angel and Martha Waight Tucker Angel. In modern times, the Angel Oak has become the focal point of a public park. Today the live oak has a diameter of spread reaching 160 feet, a circumference of nearly 25 feet, and covers 17,100 square feet of ground. www.historictrees.org The Angel Oak is thought to be one of the oldest living things east of the Mississippi River. Acorns from the Angel Oak have grown to produce authentic direct-offspring trees.. Live oaks generally grow out and not up.
David Stegmeir |
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- Monica Mermoz
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Beautiful composition and great BW work, David! Thank you also for the detailed explanation!
November 20, 2011
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David Stegmeir |
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Thank you Monica.
November 21, 2011
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