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A mighty wind
Blew night and day
It stole the oak tree's leaves away
Then snapped its boughs
And pulled its bark
Until the oak was tired and stark
But still the oak tree held its ground
While other trees fell all around
The weary wind gave up and spoke
How can you still be standing Oak
The oak tree said, I know that you
Can break each branch of mine in two
Carry every leaf away
Shake my limbs, and make me sway
But I have roots stretched in the earth
Growing stronger since my birth
You'll never touch them, for you see
They are the deepest part of me
Until today, I wasn't sure
Of just how much I could endure
But now I've found, with thanks to you
I'm stronger than I ever knew
~Author unknown~
Long shapely limbs with peeling bark
The bark on the Shumard
Live Oaks can live for centuries
oak is a beautiful gray.
Northern
Red Oak Quercus Rubra L
There are many kinds of Oak Trees
Black Oak, Cherry Bark Oak, Chinquapin Oak, Laruel Oak,
Live Oak, Northern Red Oak, Nutall Oak, Overcup Oak,
Pin Oak, Red Southern Oak, Sawtooth Oak, Shumard Oak,
Swamp White Oak, Turkey Oak, White Oak, Willow Oak
The root system of oak trees is extensive.
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