[WoofDog123]

This is not a reply per-se to your comment but I find it fascinating to read about doors to early medieval churches that were carved from oaks in the area of 300 years old themselves (300years alive, that is). I can only wonder what a virgin forest or ancient forest would have looked like, without human limits on longevity. What does a 300 year old oak look like?

[doodad]

I can only wonder what a virgin forest or ancient forest would have looked like

Go to Joyce Kilmer memorial grove in NC. The trees were so big and old the loggers refused to cut them in the 20s and 30s. Awesome glimpse of what the forest looked like years ago.

[blam]

"What does a 300 year old oak look like? "

Inspiration Oak was 500 yo it was killed in a land dispute.

[Godebert]

"What does a 300 year old oak look like? "

The Wye Mills Oak in Talbot County Maryland was close to 500 years old. It fell during a thunderstorm last year.

[freedumb2003]

What does a 300 year old oak look like?

Like a cross between a Spotted Owl and a Bald Eagle

Doh! Wrong punch line!