Old Tree Photos

[Shawn]

Post a photo of an old tree you've found while hiking.

Pictured: Tree at Mantle Rock that was a sampling (supposedly) when the Trail of Tears migration was occurring.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Former Missouri State Champion American Beech (Fagus grandiflora), Southeast Missouri State University River Campus (former St. Vincent's College), Cape Girardeau, Missouri, taken on 27 October 2014. Unfortunately this huge beech tree was removed in July 2023 due to disease and decay causing it to be unsafe. It was estimated to be 200 years old, had a height of 109 feet, a circumference of 209 inches (about 17 feet), and a spread of 97 feet.

 

[Shawn]

Panther Den Wilderness Area

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Panther Den Wilderness Area

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Is this up by the parking area?

This isn't maybe an especially old tree, but it is an unusual tree and it is at Panther Den also.

 

[Shawn]

Is this up by the parking area?

No. This one is more towards Devil's Kitchen Lake area.

 

[Jeff Ulrich]

Gnarly old cedar along the cliff line at Cave Hill, Shawnee National Forest, near Equality, Illinois, taken 9 November 2021.

 

[Driftwoody]

Yellow Poplar at Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, NC.

 

[Shawn]

My wife next to the Champion Cherrybark Oak Tree at Heron Pond Preserve in Southern Illinois.