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Menil’s Hand

Species: Live Oak
Year Planted: 1950
Directions
GPS: 29.7376451, -95.3976087

A foundational oak greets visitors as they enter the Menil or simply walk through this beautiful Montrose neighborhood. As if it’s branches got tired of fighting gravity for so long, some have veered toward the ground and gently scrape the grass.

Neighborhood:
Species:
Species
  • American Elm
  • American Sweetgum
  • American Sycamore
  • Anaqua
  • Bald Cypress
  • Boxelder
  • Bur Oak
  • Camphor
  • Cherrybark Oak
  • Compton Oak
  • Eastern Cottonwood
  • Eastern Red
  • Eastern Red Cedar
  • Flowering Dogwood
  • Ginko
  • Green Ash
  • Honey Mesquite
  • Live Oak
  • Loblolly Pine
  • Osage-Orange
  • Pecan
  • Persimmon
  • Post Oak
  • Red Maple
  • Shumard Oak
  • Southern Catalpa
  • Southern Magnolia
  • Southern Red Cedar
  • Southern Red Oak
  • Swamp Chestnut Oak
  • Water Oak
  • White Ash
  • White Oak
  • Willow Oak
  • Winged Elm
Champion
  • County Champion
Circumference
  • 0" – 100"
  • 101" – 150"
  • 151" – 200"
  • 201" – 300"
Height
  • 0' – 50'
  • 51' – 65'
  • 66' – 80'
  • 81' – 200'
Spread
  • 0' – 50'
  • 101' – 200'
  • 51' – 75'
  • 76' – 100'

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