Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Live Oak's live oak no longer alive...

It happened sometime last weekend. A neighbor who lives across from the magnificent tree said she returned home startled to find that the ancient, graceful old oak that has draped across Live Oak Drive had been felled by the town. The tree most likely was a victim of disease and was showing signs of distress. I imagine a new planting will take its place, but of course it will be a century and more for any upstart upshoot to gather the stature of its predecessor. Good bye grand oak. We miss you.
Posted by Alys Campaigne at 3:43 PM
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2 comments:

Cheryll Woods-Flowers said...

I noticed the tree. A great many of our trees in the Old Village and in Old Mount Pleasant are diseased or stressed. I wish that the Town would use Accomodations Taxes or get grant funds to do a tree inventory so that problems could be discovered and taken care of.

September 2, 2009 5:31 PM
New to OV said...

That tree was a piece of history in the OV. I'm sure if the residents in the OV knew it needed help donations would have been raised to save it. In the very least, residents should have been given the chance to do so.

As a side note, it probably wasn't smart to asphalt over it's root system. A pervious road material would have been better for the health and longevity of the tree.

September 16, 2009 8:12 AM

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