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  • Pine Seedlings

    Pine Seedlings

    Yesterday,  dropped off on my driveway where 67 pine tree seedlings from my friend and OSR frequent visitor Jeff W.  After planting over 400 pine tree seedlings himself, which is no small feat,  Jeff not wanting to waste the rest knew I would plant the remainder.   I had just got back from a walk [...]

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  • Hitching a Ride on a Cabbage Palm

    Hitching a Ride on a Cabbage Palm

    Cabbage Palmetto, Cabbage Palm, Swamp Cabbage, Sabal Palm are all the same name for Florida’s and South Carolina’s State Tree. Each boot or slat that grows around the younger Cabbage Palm is a mini habitat.  As the palm grows older the boots gradually drop off and the trunks become slick. I often stop and look at [...]

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  • Lightning Strike

    Lightning Strike

    It can take over twenty years for a slash pine to reach impressive heights and size, but only a millisecond to kill it from a lightning strike. That is exactly what happened to the slash pine in the photo, but not once but twice!

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