美国1400岁天使橡树

Incredible 1,400-Year-Old Angel Oak Tree is the Oldest East of the Mississippi

位置：美国

分类：园林小品

内容：实景照片

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这棵橡树，叫做天使橡树，位于约翰斯小岛的南卡罗莱纳州，已经1400岁，它可以给17200平方公里的地方带来阴凉。这棵古老的树木在经历了无数的自然灾害后依然屹立不倒，树枝达到100英尺长，树干的一圈有28英尺。天使橡树在飓风，洪水，地震中生存了1400年，设法保持其翠绿的身形，现在它由City of Charleston管理，这里变成一个非常受欢迎和震撼人心的旅游景点，并且拥有了自己的公园。

译者：饭团小组

After centuries of shipbuilding with timber, there aren't very many old trees left in South Carolina - which is partially what makes this Angel Oak outside of Charleston so special. That and the fact that the arboreal behemoth is said to be up to 1,400 years old and the oldest of its kind east of the Mississippi River. Located on John's Island, Angel Oak is 66.5 feet tall, 22.5 feet around, and it provides an extraordinary 17,200 square feet of shade!

A Southern live oak named after the people who used to own the property on which the tree stands, Angel Oak was most likely a robust sapling more than 1,000 years before the Mayflower landed in Cape Cod, though there are some disputes about the tree’s age. While some say the tree is only 500 years old, the Live Oak Society lists it at 1,400 year’s old.

The longest limb is 89 feet long, others have merged like roots with the ground, and wire cables are required to keep many of the massive limbs from crumbling under their own weight. No wimpy tree, Angel Oak has survived hurricanes, floods, earthquakes and humans, and yet manages to retain its verdant stature. Managed by the City of Charleston, it is a hugely popular and humbling tourist attraction that has its very own park – although it is threatened by encroaching developments.

While baldcypress trees throughout the south are said to be many hundreds of years older than Angel Oak, its incredible girth and canopy spread of at least 160 feet in diameter makes it a venerable sight indeed. Kudos to Charleston for keeping it alive.

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