On what remained of the once mighty water oak, the broken trunk jutted upward about 8 feet, a jagged reminder of the once imposing half : bright wood with a telltale rotted heart.
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In 1967, archaeological excavations in the south of the church revealed foundations of the " Loreto chapel ", remnants of cloister galleries and a former municipal water oak pipe from the XVI th century.
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The botanist C . J . Burke suggested that swamp laurel oak is of water oak " ( Quercus nigra ) "; it is not found outside the ranges of the two supposed parental species.
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Chenier forests consist of hardwood trees, primarily oaks and hackberries, as well as a variety of other vegetation such as mulberry, honeylocust, water oak, green ash, and American elm, all which grow along slightly elevated ridges.
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A tree cutter, J . L . St . John said it would take his crew two or three days to fell any of the 145-year-old pecan or water oak trees the tornado displaced in seconds.
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Water Oak's purchase in 1951 the name change occurred with Headley making several enhancements to the property, including a dam, a new brick mansion, bathhouse, swimming pool, and Headley's own duck lake, which he called Lake Monkey Business.
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Bon Secour is characterized by a coastal, Southern Gothic scenery with huge water oak trees covered in Spanish moss, great blue herons, brown pelicans, ever present bottle-nosed dolphin pods and the potent smell of salty gulf waters everywhere.
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It may be the oaks-- live, laurel and water oaks-- best reflect the tension between how parts of the state once looked and the way new development continues to alter its appearance with grand royal and date pal
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Joel Abernathy and Bobby Garrette were among the city employees who spent most of Friday night at historic Oakview Cemetery, with its moss-draped water oaks and elegant obelisks, granite crosses, and Civil War grave markers poking out from the water.
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The trees most likely to be blown over are laurel and water oaks ( weak root systems and a propensity to heart rot ); hackberries ( also called sugarberries, tend to uproot ); and sweetgums ( brittle wood, some snapped right in half ).
