Forest Botany Field Trip
November 4, 1999
Old-growth Forests in Oklahoma
 

                                                


 

 
                                                     

 
Quercus muhlenbergii                                                 The oldest trees have a gnarled, wind-blown appearance


 
                                                                                                                 View to Lake Keystone 

      
                                                                                        Small grove of younger trees in an opening

       
 A small Red-cedar that may be several decades in age.

   

   

      
   Very large (and old) post oak                                            Large multi-stem red-cedar

  


   
                                                                                    Back on the top the slope is flat enough for soil to
                                                                                    collect  and support the growth of grasses

   
Not quite ripe persimmons!