#OAK

[mbungu]

Oak

Forest babies✨

[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.

[artofmaquenda]

Resilience

[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

[homeisaplaceinthehills]

September shadow

Blenheim Park. Woodstock, 2024

Edén Ochoa Iniesta

[lazer-t]

Florida Scrub Jay for a $15 Ko-fi supporter

The Florida Scrub Jay (Aphelocoma coerulescens) is a species of Jay endemic to Florida, USA. Its range is specifically restricted to the florida oak scrub ecosystem. It has a varied omnivorous diet that includes arthropods, seeds and small vertebrates. They are known to cache thousands of acorns in the autumn which are then routinely dug up to eat during the entire year. (x, x)

[pothosrays]

crow 819

[joevo]

[vikikollerova]

Bend not Break, X/24

[nordicsublime]

Oaks

[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 🌳