Momma white (Burr?) Oak BIG. Massive. She has to be the parent of the seedlings I saw in parts of the forest. I never realized there was such a gigantic oak tree (or just GIGANTIC TREE PERIOD) in our neighborhood.
I encountered her as I was trying to figure out how to get back into the forest; the creek lead around the meadow and far beyond and away from the forest, and following the fence/property line was impossible as the thickets got too thick. Basically I took a wide turn around the meadow and kept following the forest edge for an area not blocked off by hawthorn thicket.
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