Live Oak Wood

For anyone who's interested, here's a picture of a live oak that's famous in the Charleston, South Carolina area. I climbed this on this tree over 30 years ago.

Picture:

On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 17:00:49 -0500, Alan McClure brought forth from the murky depths:

young teen. Ours were only 20-40' tall/wide.

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Doug Miller schreef

regions of the southeastern USA.

Not naturally, but they have been cultivated there since the 16th century. Live oaks grow naturally in all the continents of the Northern Hemisphere. PvR

Rodney Myrvaagnes schreef

for that. They are hard and dense, compared to the usual beech.

• + + Live oak (Quercus ilex) is one of the traditional woods for the handles of mortise chisels (factory-made, in the days when factory-made did not preclude small scale production). Also in the running works of windmills.

It will be some 50% stronger than beech. PvR