Angel Oak

This tree is estimated to be older than Ted Kennedy, even older than Colonial America. Wikipedia has the whole story. The branches on this baby are bigger around than most trees I see around here!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Oak

Beautiful.


Heres another old tree :P Approx 800 years. It's called Old Knobbly. Also an oak tree.

Smaller. And very knobbly :P

My favorite old trees: bristlecone pines

Oh wow. Thats gorgeous!

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Yeah what else is new? :P

Can you see the naked screaming crucified man in this photo?

I took this photo of a dead tree on Christmas Day 2001, in Namadgi National Park, Australia. Near a hill called Yankee Hat.

Yeah, I see him. Scary!

Hi wombat! I lived in Canberra for a few years, and I've been hiking in Namadgi a fair bit. That's a pretty weird tree photo you've got there.
Say, if you like wombats and hiking, have you been out in the hills around Casurina Sands on the Murrumbidgee, around dusk? There used to be a big population of them out there, they would be quite active in the early evening and I had several sightings.

Hi ZenGum, Yes I've been there but only in the day not at dusk. I'll keep an eye out next time I'm there.

It looks like the tree man is enjoying it.

The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, according to legend Robin Hood and his merry men used to hide out in it's hollow trunk. Though that couldn't have been this tree as it's not old enough, or would have justa sapling. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story, and tourism though

Interesting that the Angel Oak in the OP the branches touch the ground, you can The Major Oaks are supported, or they're weight would split the trunk.

A tree with a walker? Who wood have thought it? Knot me. Must be a new branch of medicine.

You leaf me speechless shel.

That Robin Hood story rubs against the grain. Is there a splinter of truth in there anywhere? Anyone who believes it without checking first is a sap.

My favorite old tree:

http://www.dotphoto.com/GuestViewIma...&ICT=27&IPP=60

Queenie - gotta log-in says the link....

Oh crumbs. How about this:
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Oh how marvellous. What a perfect pic-i-nic spot.

It's in downtown Santa Barbara, CA. They actually diverted the freeway around it.

(I'm a HUGE fan of the Bristlecones too, Bullitt. Oldest trees in the U.S. So noble.)

This is a giant Banyan tree in Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii. I saw it when I was on vacation. It is amazing, but, hard to capture in a picture.

Wow. Just wow malone.

4fingermalone, That sounds like a sexual act. "Hey, baby. What do you want to do tonight?" "Why don't you give me a 4fingermalone?"

I saw that tree as well while there - it is truly majestic.

There's a house in town I've always called Spooky House, that I've always loved. It looks like the cover of a kid's ghost story book. There is a knobby tree in front of it, a large and strange thing, and once when the house was for sale I got the fact sheet and whoever bought it had to agree to keep the tree. I'll have to try to remember to take a picture of it sometime.

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Originally Posted by Beest The Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire, according to legend Robin Hood and his merry men used to hide out in it's hollow trunk. Though that couldn't have been this tree as it's not old enough, or would have justa sapling. Don't let the facts get in the way of a good story, and tourism though Interesting that the Angel Oak in the OP the branches touch the ground, you can The Major Oaks are supported, or they're weight would split the trunk.

We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above.

My kids love climbing on them.

Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.

That looks like something out of a fantasy movie

Some of them are pretty spectacular that's for sure.

There are Moreton Bay figs in Adelaide's parklands and even around the cricket ground, at the back of the stand, providing shade for hundreds, perhaps thousands, of cricket watchers. I hope some are still there, there has been a fair bit of development.

ETA, google search indicates only a few token trees have been left, and the crowd now sit in the shade of the giant TV screen. But, I do love ancient gum trees.

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That would make the best treehouse!!!

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Originally Posted by Aliantha We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above. My kids love climbing on them. Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.

Nope, I don't see it. I don't even see her breasts hanging toward her head from being upside down.

Damn, MoS, you need to get some. just some nice old fashioned consensual adult fun.

Mmmm...fun.

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Originally Posted by Aliantha We have trees locally here called 'Moreton Bay Figs' which grow outwards like the ones above. My kids love climbing on them. Here's a pretty small one. They get much larger.

When I was looking for a pic to share I did notice that there were a number of pics of them from the US. They're a pretty hardy tree, and not really very particular about soil type or anything. They pretty much grow like weeds where ever they take root.

Arizona Juniper.......



Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his troops slept under this tree.
Of course I picked up the beer cans they left there.
Damn tourists.......

This thread needs a proper date amended.

It started with an oak, not a date.

Nonsense; it started with an acorn.

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Originally Posted by JuancoRocks Arizona Juniper....... Spanish explorer Francisco Vásquez de Coronado and his troops slept under this tree. Of course I picked up the beer cans they left there. Damn tourists.......

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Originally Posted by jinx That one looks like this one, hanging in my bathroom.

Just noticed a flaw in the original pic. Mods have already fixed the first one.