Live Oak trees live for 200-300 years. The coastline of Hunting Island, SC continuously changes and as the beach shrinks, trees lose purchase in the ground and fall. The beach is littered with tree corpses. It is horrible and beautiful at the same time. We counted rings of the largest live oak we saw on the beach. 280 rings.
The Cabbage Palmetto trees are hollowed out by the surf and sand.
Just as ours, the faces of the trees change as weather, sun and exposure do their damage.
2 comments:
I LOVE knarley old trees. Beautiful textures.
The trees are wonderful...you must have had a wonderful time in Hunting Island!! Thanks for sharing your pictures.
~kim
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