Large Water Oak

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The light colored mark at the base of the tree is where lightning went to ground,last summer. The flower at the base of the tree was struck,burned to a crisp and apparently totaly destroyed. You see it now,thriving. Some determination! This tree is between three and a half and four feet thick. Its twin is a little smaller.I am 67 and the trees were quite large,when I was thirteen. There is one about five feet thick at the base,accross the street.
Del

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THIS is the other tree-which was actually the one struck by lightning,and is the larger tree.