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#oak

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Megan Lynch (she/her)

Spotted new galls forming on an oak that has volunteered in a bad location next to a years-old catalpa and the clothesline.

Not just that big bulbous green one, but little "mosquito bite" ones starting up in adjacent branches.

Detail of a 2 or 3 year old oak tree with narrow branches and long internodes. A large bright green gall the size of a human kidney is growing from a branch the diameter of a quarter. Harder to see are the bark-colored bumps that are nascent galls on other branches.
#Gall#Wasp#Mite
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Bill Gallagher Photography

Solitaire

This was captured in February during the middle of winter.
Camped in Yosemite Valley a snow storm moved through the valley dumping about 8 inches of snow.
As I made my way through the village in the morning I saw this fabulous snow covered oak tree and decided it would make a good subject for a photo. It's not really solitaire but it did stand out from al the other trees around.
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#Solitaire #BillGallagherPhotography #Oak #Yosemite #Snow #AYearForArt #BuyIntoArt

Solitaire I captured this magnificent snow covered oak tree after a winter storm moved through Yosemite Valley overnight. The foreground of the image is an unbroken field of snow, pure as can be. The large oak tree is framed on both sides by a few smaller snow covered trees. The large oak towers over the other trees in the area. The branches are heavy with snow. The sky in the background is gray and overcast. This is a color image but the snow and low clouds give it an appearance of being a black and white image unless looked at closely you can see some color in the trunks of the trees.
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salix sericea (@Ripple13216)

Three years ago, we found a tiny apricot tree sprouted from a kernel in the compost heap.
Planted it and cared for it. it now has its first fruit, about five little apricots!

This year's count of new oak trees from acorns hidden by squirrels is 12. Will be potted and given away next year when they can survive on their own.

Grape vine cutting has roots & leaves. By one, get many free, 😃.

First lavender is in full bloom. Lots of bees enjoying it. Pic later.

#gardening#oak#apricot
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BrunoMcGee

Ten "rescue" #oak seedlings I dug up and potted. They're volunteers from acorns that were stashed by scrub jays in litter beneath some Redwood trees. Some are Valley Oak. Others appear to be Coast Live Oak. From a strip of city easement land that gets whacked by city string trimmers every once in a while. Some bigger specimens (which i haven't "saved") show signs of having been whacked in the past. With any luck, these will recover from shock, and can be planted in approved sites.#trees

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Richard Rathe

Local North #Florida Landmark

The Cellon Live Oak

"The Cellon Live Oak is a Florida Co-Champion Live Oak named for its former owner, Ralph W. Cellon. The oak's circumference is 30 feet, it is 85 feet tall and its crown spread is 160 feet."

It has an 80 foot horizontal "spider" trunk that lays on the ground creating a natural pergola. There's even a picnic table amidst the branches! (not shown) In the past dozen years or so this amazing limb was cracked (over my shoulder to the left in photo) and is now supported by large poles. Amazingly after such an injury it remains very much alive! 🙂

the cellon oak tree
cellon oak trunk with major limb crack to the left
cellon oak spider limb on ground
#ThickTrunk#Trees#NaturePhotography
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