Inaugural Post...Oak

"You will know the Post Oak among its large tribe if you can see in the shape of its lobed leaves a sort of Maltese cross. Look for this Oak on poor or sandy upland soils, where it stands forth, bold but somewhat ungainly since it is a knotty tree whose dead limbs tend to adhere to the trunk. But its sturdiness commended it to the pioneers, who chose it for their fence posts and thus gave it a name. It might, however, as well be called Crosstie Oak, since some of the first rails in America were laid upon it, so that in its way it was a pioneer itself." D.C. Peattie.

Post oak scientific name leaf sticker created by David Ricks to give out to the community. The Treeist manages many of the post oaks in & around Chapel Hill & Carrboro, North Carolina.