Well now let me tell you this.In the western side of the state I don't think anything grows . If you see a tree or two while going to Denver on I-70 you can bet there is a house close by and they are few and far between . Now you talk about where the hoot owls romance the chickens,that's it ...
--Besides that burr oaks have huge acorns . They tell me you can roast and eat them,although I've never tried it .
For what it's worth the burr oaks around here were left in the fields years ago to provide a place to rest the horses back in the day .They are still there for the most part ...
Pictures
Digital cameras ,luv-em .
A few pics of a few oaks that most likely were planted around 1973-75 I suppose as well as the sugar maples .The last picture is a beech.
Beech by the way are the last to leaf out in the spring .
Oaks grow very slow. If they are not grown where they have to fight for sunlight they branch out real close to the ground . I'll snap a few pics of the ones I have in the lane that are most likely about 30 years old .
Silver maples are fast growers but have not much strength in the limbs,self...
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