cindy_ellis

By cindy_ellis

Wye oak seedling

My mother gave me 2 Wye Oak seedlings almost 30 years ago. One died, this is the other. It reminds me of her on this Mothers Day. She is still with us but I reconnected with this tree a few weeks ago and realize how cool it is to plant a tree and watch it grow.
Hope all the mothers had a wonderful day!
The Wye Oak was the honorary state tree of Maryland and the largest white oak tree in the United States. The site where the tree stood until 2002 in the town of Wye Mills, Talbot County, is preserved as Wye Oak State Park.[3]

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The Wye Oak was believed to be over 460 years old at the time of its destruction during a severe thunderstorm on June 6, 2002. It measured 31 feet 10 inches (970 cm) in circumference of the trunk at breast height, 96 feet (29 m) high, with a crown spread of 119 feet (36 m).[3] It is believed that the acorn that became the oak germinated around the year 1540.

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