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Southern Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana)
On my way to work everyday I pass these trees on the Fort Fisher Battle Grounds that face the Fort Fisher Beach Access. On February 10, 2019 I stopped to take a picture of these pruned/sheared trees.This demonstrates that a single species can have different growth habits depending on the different environments its in. These are well known in the south and are typically laden with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Southern Live Oaks feature broad crowns of long stretching branches in protected areas further inland from the shore. Along the coast, these trees are wind-sheared by the brunt of the wind coming off the ocean. This prompts the trees to grow away from the beach and the ocean spray from the waves that break is carried in land by the wind. The salty air prunes or shears the trees into different shapes.
Fort Fisher Battle Grounds
Southern Live Oaks (Quercus virginiana)
On my way to work everyday I pass these trees on the Fort Fisher Battle Grounds that face the Fort Fisher Beach Access. On February 10, 2019 I stopped to take a picture of these pruned/sheared trees.This demonstrates that a single species can have different growth habits depending on the different environments its in. These are well known in the south and are typically laden with Spanish Moss (Tillandsia usneoides). Southern Live Oaks feature broad crowns of long stretching branches in protected areas further inland from the shore. Along the coast, these trees are wind-sheared by the brunt of the wind coming off the ocean. This prompts the trees to grow away from the beach and the ocean spray from the waves that break is carried in land by the wind. The salty air prunes or shears the trees into different shapes.
Fort Fisher Battle Grounds