Live oaks on location.editor: Thoroughly enjoyed Ethan Kearns' article on Quercus virginiana, my favorite My Favorite is an independent synthpop band from Long Island, New York. They released two CDs: Love at Absolute Zero and Happiest Days of Our Lives. My Favorite broke up on September 14, 2005, when singer Andrea Vaughn left the band. tree. They are common where I grew up in southeastern Virginia. I doubt very much that they grow in southwestern Virginia, as stated on page 26. Much too cold there in hardiness zone A hardiness zone is a geographically-defined zone in which a specific category of plant life is capable of growing, as defined by temperature hardiness, or ability to withstand the minimum temperatures of the zone. 6. I have a three-year-old one growing in Fairfax County, Virginia Fairfax County is a county in Northern Virginia, in the United States. As of 2005, the estimated population of the county is 1,041,200;[1] making it by far the most populous jurisdiction in the Commonwealth of Virginia, and larger than seven states. , near the Potomac River Potomac River River, east-central U.S. Rising in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia, it is about 287 mi (462 km) long. It flows southeast through the District of Columbia into Chesapeake Bay. It is navigable by large vessels to Washington, D.C. , on the border between zones 6 & 7. Has survived two winters so far. I harvested the acorn from which it grew from a tree I planted in 1942 in Norfolk, Virginia. Maybe global warming will save it. Stuart C. Nottingham Alexandria VA 22308-2602 Thanks for catching our directional typo typo - typographical error . Live oaks do indeed grace southeastern Virginia, but not the hilly, cooler climes of the western portion of the Old Dominion. THE TREE DOCTOR IS IN Have questions about trees, growing seasons, diseases? E-mail our Tree Doctor at treedoctor@amfor.org. WRITE US! Compliments? Complaints? Questions? E-mail your Letters to the Editor to mrobbins@amfor.org or write to us c/o Editor, American Forests, PO Box 2000, Washington, DC 20013. We reserve the right to edit letters. |
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