Duke tree trivia!

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Duke tree trivia!

Post by dpslaw » August 6th, 2015, 10:16 pm

According to the article linked below, our tailgate tent is located very near the oldest tree on the Duke campus, a 300 year old white oak.

https://today.duke.edu/2015/07/treesuperlatives
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Re: Duke tree trivia!

Post by devildeac » August 6th, 2015, 10:24 pm

dpslaw wrote:According to the article linked below, our tailgate tent is located very near the oldest tree on the Duke campus, a 300 year old white oak.

https://today.duke.edu/2015/07/treesuperlatives
Hope we can keep TNTDevil from peeing on it after he's had too many German wheat beers and/or Blood Marys this FB season.
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Re: Duke tree trivia!

Post by CathyCA » August 7th, 2015, 10:37 am

The base of that tree may be where the infamous yellow jacket nest is located.

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Re: Duke tree trivia!

Post by OZZIE4DUKE » August 7th, 2015, 11:50 am

CathyCA wrote:The base of that tree may be where the infamous yellow jacket nest is located.

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It's the tree I went (way) behind after drinking Snapple a few years ago..... :sick:
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Re: Duke tree trivia!

Post by DevilWearsPrada2.0 » August 8th, 2015, 4:48 am

Nice read about the Duke trees!
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