Water Oak is a native semi-evergreen tree found in flood plains and along rivers and streams in central and eastern USA. It has a rounded to conical form and.
Grain/Texture: Has medium-to-large pores and a fairly coarse grain. Rot Resistance: Red oaks such as Water Oak do not have the level of decay and rot resistance.
Quercus nigra, the Water Oak, also known as the spotted oak, duck oak, punk oak, orange oak or possum oak, is an oak in the red oak group, native to the.
Quercus nigra, the Water Oak, also known as the spotted oak, duck oak, punk oak, orange oak or possum oak, is an oak in the red oak group, native to the.
Charleston is known for beautiful spreading live oaks like the Angel Oak or the Middleton Oak. Burbage says a census was done in after a federal grant enabled the city to hire people to do a tree inventory. Another important difference is that water oaks tend to be more vertical with relatively shallow roots, while live oaks can spread feet across. Burbage says that there are ordinances protecting trees. Charleston takes its trees very seriously. The trees can die from the inside out, which is why this tree still had full, healthy branches. On single-family private property, a permit is required for any tree 24 inches or greater in diameter, and 8 inches in diameter on commercial or multiunit properties. The process took four days and a lot of stress. Breaking News Subscribe. Amy Causey Taylor One of many examples of large, spreading live oaks in the Lowcountry. Email Sign Up! This one is on the grounds of Runnymede Plantation. One of many examples of large, spreading live oaks in the Lowcountry. Toggle navigation Menu. Only after Hurricane Matthew did a split appear that you could see the sky through, and the city said the tree, more than feet of potential killer, had to come down immediately. Free Times Breaking News Subscribe.{/INSERTKEYS}{/PARAGRAPH} Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device. The root tends to be more widespread so there is more of a support to keep the tree from toppling over. If you are thinking it might be a good idea to remove that water oak in your yard as a preventive, think again. Live oaks also compartmentalize and seal off decay very well. Water oaks can grow 6 to 8 feet a year, and live oaks grow a couple of feet a year. The city will be celebrating all things tree on Dec. All rights reserved. Water oaks, when they get a decay process started, it tends to spread more readily and they get more root rot, which causes them to fall so much in high winds and rains. Sign up for the Charleston Hot Sheet Get a weekly list of tips on pop-ups, last minute tickets and little-known experiences hand-selected by our newsroom in your inbox each Thursday. Ferris Kaplan This towering water oak on the peninsula suffered damage during Hurricane Matthew, which forced its removal. Close 1 of 5. Notifications Settings. {PARAGRAPH}{INSERTKEYS}This towering water oak on the peninsula suffered damage during Hurricane Matthew, which forced its removal. Buy Now. The tree removal company noted that the limbs were large and full and were held aloft by a delicate, rotted trunk, making it top-heavy and extremely dangerous, as well as impossible to put a person in the tree to saw off limbs. The exception is pine or sweet gum trees. Burbage says live oaks have elliptical leaves, while water oaks can have several different shapes of leaves in the same tree, with the ones getting the most sun shaped like a kitchen spatula. Ferris Kaplan A lift was needed for the worker to safely cut the water oak down. Fun often works with Burbage on hazardous tree removal and was bought in to consult on our tree. Experts pegged the potential killer at anywhere between and years old and gorgeous — but rotten at the core. It came down. This horizontal orientation is what makes the live oaks better adapted to the kinds of winds Charleston sees in hurricanes like Matthew. The database stays updated and his department is in the midst of adding information with GPS coordinates for each tree. A stand of grand live oaks line the wooded entrance road to Mulberry Plantation. Ferris Kaplan Hurricane Matthew caused a large crack in the trunk. Instead, Fun recommended putting someone in a lift next to the tree and making the cut feet up, where the trunk was a bit more solid so the direction of the fall could be controlled. Water oaks do not. As Charleston prepares to celebrate Arbor Day on Dec.