America, our great country, is strong, powerful, and influential. Americans exemplify positive values, selflessness, hospitality, and the American way of life. The mighty oak tree that stands taller, bigger, and older than all others best represents this grand country. Each part of the tree illustrates a facet of our nation. Shapely emerald leaves covering the tree symbolize the values many Americans hold concerning themselves, others, and their nation. Leaves help the tree grow and flourish just
Quercus alba, commonly called the White Oak is one of importance in Eastern United States for its timber. It ranges from (60 to 150 feet) tall. The bark is cracked and scaly with a pale-gray color. The leaves are bright green, shaped long and narrow with a glossy layer. We proposed that at what rate (Early, Middle, Late) do the leaves fall on East Carolina’s Campus for the White Oak Tree? Does the rate change in the regions of California and New York? The White Oak has a broad tolerance for thermal and
The Mystery of Oak Island The World’s Longest Unsolved Mystery The Mystery of Oak Island Close your eyes and imagine the excitement and adventure of finding a mystery that involves many deaths, unknown treasures and much speculation. Mysteries are intriguing and finding a real life mystery that has been unsolved in history for several hundred years is unusual. Throughout time millions of people have been interested in treasures, legends and unsolved mysteries. Books, movies and legends
I Saw Louisiana in a Live-Oak Growing Walt Whitman is considered one of the most important writers in the history of American Literature. The people of his own time called him a radical, a madman, and a pornographer. These days he is greatly appreciated and entitled as a fearless prophet of a new stage of human development. Sometimes Whitman would be in a slump and he felt that he needed to deflect the people who inquired too directly. This even meant using examples of homosexual elements in his
This oak is native to Asia, and has a considerably large acorn crop year to year, the seed that is produced is usually confined, due to the seed dispersal method. But often times in a natural setting, the seed dispersal rate can be rather large due to birds and squirrels (Whittemore, 2004). Sawtooth oaks have recently been thought not to thrive well on poorly drained soils, but recent studies show that it does extremely well in these areas in comparison with the fastest growing native oak, nuttall
Gamblers oak is a classic plant that is a major food source for bears with the acorns. At this elevation the trees were denser and there were areas of the land that had been thinned out specifically to allow more growth. The pinion pines were taller it seemed than
from this world. Druids lived in forests of tall oak trees, where under these magnificent oaks they laid homage. The oak tree was very sacred to these people, therefore they worshiped in sacred groves that were under the trees themselves. The precise meaning of the word, druid, is unclear to many historians. There are ancient Celtic words that are similar which mean “knowledge” and “oak”, they can be interpreted as “knowledge of the oak” or “great oak”. Due to their “so-called”rare abilities, druids
and examined her intently, taking in her long, bronze hair, soulful blue eyes, and ragged purple dress that hung on her emaciated, porcelain frame. She, in return, took in his mud-stained blue robe, pointed hat as wrinkled as his face, and a great oak staff that twisted and turned as if it were still alive and trying to escape his grasp. “Hello my lady. What do I have the pleasure of helping you with today?” His voice retained so much sarcasm that it grated her nerves. Corinthia raised an unimpressed
sculptured carpet, a monstrous king-sized tempurpedic bed. The oak sturdy headboard attaches to a scratched and dented brown metal frame, extending down to include an identical oak footboard. The fluffy soft multi-colored, quilt sits on top of the huge four-poster oak bed, an endless rainbow of color. The quilt contains yellows as bright as the sun, transition to a shadowed maize color of a dried corn field. Browns ranging from bark of an oak tree, to melted chocolate on a new white shirt.
Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief, all will go through the aging process. However, how well each endures that process depends on the individual. After my Visit at English Oaks Convalescent Home, a skilled nursing facility for adults’ age 55 and older, I found this to be true. During my visit, I conversed with many “residents” whom were alert and oriented and very aware of the aging process. We conversed about the process of aging and the factors that appear to account for a longer life. We talked
species. We believe that we can domesticate every plant, while in reality the process takes two to perform. For example, the oak tree denies domestication from humans, instead interacting primarily with squirrels. The squirrels are able to receive food through the acorns of the oak, while the oak benefits by the squirrels burying some of the acorns for the benefit of oak trees, resulting in no need for humans to step in to the perfectly functional arrangement. The relationship between humans and
1.a) Our gut reaction to Winter Oak is that it had a lot of meaning, but was dull and tedious. Some words and phrases we used to relate our thoughts on the story are as follows: - Boring. - Monotonous. - No real conflict. - No feeling. - No real plot. - Didn’t invoke a strong reaction. - There was a definite lesson to be learned. 1.b) Yuri Nagibin used different devices to evoke various reactions in us, some of these were: The dialogue; it was concise yet boring but realistic for example, when
Bret Harte’s “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” is a character-driven story about a group of banished citizens from the town of Poker Flat. The emphasis is not placed on the crimes they committed, which allows the reader to further sympathize with these characters without first making a judgment based upon morals. The protagonist, John Oakhurst, along with the company of outcasts, makes his way across a rugged mountain range towards the town of Sandy Bar. At the insistence of the rest of the group, which
Plants make up most of the Pine Barrens. For instance, pine trees such as the short needles, pitch pines, jack pines, long needles, yellow pines, and many others make up most of the pine forest in the Pinelands. Other trees include the pine oaks and the cedar trees. Due to the roots of these cedar trees, water in the Pine Barrens appears a brownish red color. This happens because the roots emit pigments of red color into the soil which then runs into the water. Even though the amount of red pigment
The Park - Original Writing 25 June 6:00am. As the sun slowly begins to rise, a peaceful chirping noise comes from the birds hidden amongst the trees. The park is about to wake from its long, tranquil and peaceful sleep. The woodland is beginning to arise-a humming grasshopper and the odd droning bee. The sunlight shines, making tall beams of light through the gaps in the branches of the trees. The tall night-scary trees become friendlier in the early morning brightness. As the woodland
didn’t seem to care at all, they were all too captivated in their own world. I sighed as I turned around and looked up at the oak tree that I was standing next too. It was the largest tree in the city as well as the oldest. The branches were generally unadorned excluding for few leaves that managed to hang on tightly, swaying gracefully in the slight breeze. The old oak was engraved with many hea... ... middle of paper ... ... I never bothered to get it fixed. I ran my fingers against the smooth
to the island, only one boat agreed to assist the Native American's in their occupation. They were not able to dock on the island, but, Richard Oaks became the leader of the group when he jumped off the boat and swam to the island. After this brief occupation Richard Oaks returned to San Francisco and began to recruit people to join the movement. Oaks went to UCLA where eighty students agreed to join the movement. On November 20, 1969 a group of one-hundred Native Americans set sail from Sausalito
The forest a tranquil, peaceful, and relaxing place; what makes a forest these things? Temperate forests are made of many living and nonliving things. By combining these factors the temperate forest biome is made. Temperate forests are not just a boring thing that never moves, they are a thriving landscape given to extensive life that rejuvenates the planet daily. The forest biome is known worldwide. Our own backyards are part of this biome. Temperate forests are located on every continent except
the waning summer sun had not yet mustered the heat to dispel it. We moved to the crunch and scrape of rubber sole on loose stone, passing ancient monoliths of serpentine stone that jutted from the mountain on either side. Vague silhouettes of live oaks and yucca plants loomed from the morning mist, and occasionally a hoarse crow would cry out. Above and beside us power lines carried electricity to private homes hidden down the road, occasionally... ... middle of paper ... ...e distant than ever
paradise, a place my family called Tamarack. Tamarack was a family camp and hunting lodge set deep in the heart of the Mountains. My earliest memories of it are fractured images of sights and sounds and smells--golden bars of sunlight through majestic oaks and elms, the ever-present smell of wood smoke and haunting echoes. I suspect that the setting was the reason for the eerie echoes which resounded about the site. The house, itself, was built on the side of a steep hill leading down to a small private