Shu Ting's poem "To the Oak Tree" let us know the existence of the oak tree species, know that the oak tree "your high branches" and "your height" "you have your copper branches and iron trunks, like a knife, like a sword, but also like a halberd." ”
Walter Whitman also has a poem about oak trees, "I saw in Louisiana a live-oak growing," in which "there is not a companion there, it grows alone, emitting many pale, dark, happy leaves, and it looks, stout, straight, majestic." ”
One of Van Gogh's Oak Rock Rocks with Oak Tree makes the image of the oak tree extremely valuable.
Sourced from the Internet, the original work is in the collection of the Houston Art Museum in Texas
The material of oak trees is better, and it is known as the king of the forest. Oak trees are stress-resistant and environmentally resilient, surviving even in barren, arid soils. As such, the oak tree is a symbol of strength and endurance and has been chosen by many countries as the tree of nations. In April 2001, the American Arbor Day Foundation announced that after online voting, the oak tree was selected as the national tree of the United States, because it is the most widely distributed hardwood broad-leaved tree in the United States, with more than 60 varieties of white oak, black oak, blue oak, large fruit oak, evergreen oak, big red oak, star oak, etc., the tree can reach 40 meters high, the age of the tree can reach hundreds of years, the tree is beautiful, the crown is like a cloud, and even the single tree is a forest and attracts attention.
When I arrived in Texas, the ubiquity of oak trees gave me a new understanding of it.
Take a closer look at the state coat of arms of the state — a lone star surrounded by olive branches and evergreen oak branches, an evergreen oak tree.
On the ground floor of the Texas State Capitol, two dancers celebrate a Texas holiday
On campus, small squirrels can be seen everywhere, jumping on oak trees. Oak fruit is nutty and is a good food for squirrels.
Next time, we look at oak trees with different shapes.