and the live oak still represents a life raft for those in the paths of tropical storms. Resistant to salt water, the trees serve as a defense against extreme weather, with deep roots that hold ...

But there’s more to the live oak tree than meets the eye. An underground root system extends three to four times the area of the tree’s “drip line,” which is the farthest extent of the ...

Burger King is the home of The Whopper. But at one Burger King in Beaufort, the real whopper stands outside. From the bed adjoining the fast-food restaurant’s parking lot, the giant, 175-year ...

The trees were southern live oak. It appears what I saw was a natural form of “layering,” whereby a branch touches the ground and produces adventitious roots driven by hypoxia and the hunt for ...