#OAK

[astarionsknife]

Enjoying oak trees or smth

[wild-e-eep]

This distinctively warty lichen is Melanohalea exasperata (with several friends) on a lushly populated oak twig.

It can be tricky to find as it mostly grows high up in the tree canopy - so far I've only enountered it on branches that have recently fallen to the ground.

[rherlotshadow]

Thousand-year old sessile oak known as Big Belly Oak, in Savernake Forest in Wiltshire, in its full summer regalia.

[crazysublimenightmare]

[petitworld]

by Ariel Kozak

[rebeccathenaturalist]

That's so cool! And they found a few of them, and they're now growing seedlings in greenhouses for eventual replanting!

Quercus tardifolia is a relic species leftover from when the climate was much cooler and wetter in the past, and can only really live in a few high-elevation spots in Texas. It's definitely still at risk of extinction due to increasing heat and drought caused by climate change, but the discovery means this species still has a chance.

[may12324]

Some warm up sketches while I work on a bigger tfota piece, as well some art from last year. Honestly, if you compare these to the early 2023 pieces, you're in for a shock. Each time I draw them, Suren gets meaner and Oak gets more handsome XD

[pothosrays]

crow 819

[s-u-w-i]

Quercus robur. My book about trees which I worked on last summer is currently in print and should be released in February! Not sure if I'm excited or terrified. Here are some extra pages with Oak 🌳

[tofreezetime]

talking trees

[mamafidjar]

April 2024, shot by me

[nemfrog]

Leaves of elm, maple and oak. The National encyclopedia. v. 10. 1923.

Internet Archive

[huariqueje]

Gnarly Winter Oak - Oscar Drouge , n/d.

German , 1898 - 1983

Colour woodcut (woodblock print) on Japan paper, 15 3/4 x 11 5/8 in. Edition unknown.

[artofmaquenda]

Resilience

You are still here 🌱

[praisethelorde]

Oak really is all grown up. I'm going to cry.