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Bees and the Tree of Tears A sand live oak houses busy bees. Known as the 'Tree of Tears', this oak is a living witness to the Battles of the Loxahatchee, January 1838. Geotagged,Quercus geminata,Sand live oak,United States,Winter,bee hive,bees,loxahatchee Click/tap to enlarge

Bees and the Tree of Tears

A sand live oak houses busy bees. Known as the 'Tree of Tears', this oak is a living witness to the Battles of the Loxahatchee, January 1838.

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    Interesting! Posted 10 years ago

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The Sand live oak

''Quercus geminata'', commonly called sand live oak, is an evergreen oak tree that is native to parts of the coastal southeastern United States, along the Atlantic Coast from Miami-Dade County, Florida northward to southeastern Virginia and along the Gulf Coast from Florida northward and westward to southern Mississippi, on seacoast dunes and on white sands in evergreen oak scrubs.

A small- to medium-sized tree, the sand live oak is scrubby and forms thickets. The bark is dark, thick,.. more

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Similar species: Beeches, Oaks, Walnuts
Species identified by melaniefalko
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Uploaded Jan 25, 2015. Captured Jan 23, 2015 03:10 in Picnic Island Loop Trail, Jupiter, FL 33478, USA.
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  • COOLPIX L830
  • f/5.9
  • 10/8000s
  • ISO125
  • 136mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.