What kind of tree is this?

It’s an oak

It’s the Angel Oak if I’m not mistaken which is the oldest Oak in North America if not the world

According to this, “Angel Oak is growing in South Carolina in the U.S., its age is estimated at about 1,500 years. Angel Oak has a height of approximately 20 meters, 2.7 meters in trunk diameter and its crown has an area of 1600 m2. His longest branch has a length of 27 meters.
It has survived countless hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, was severely damaged by Hurricane Hugo in 1989, but has since re-store.”

You guys are the best.
Thank you!

Also? That tree that makes you one of those round-doored tree houses in The Shire.

What is the Shire?

The idyllic home of the Hobbits in Lord of the Rings. Kinda looks like this.

Is it a Live Oak? Never heard of an Angel Oak.

@Garebo I get the impression that is the name of this specific tree.

It must be a live oak, nothing else could encompass something like this.

If only Fluther had more angel oaks and were more shire-like.

^I don’t know what that means, but I GA’d it.

The Angel Oak is a Southern live oak.

Oh that Forestry degree comes in handy at times, like i say never discount a college education.
Really, no, it was a Spanish Oak, just like the one I am trying to grow in Minnesota.

So where is this tree? Is this a pic you took of a tree near your house, or something random you found online, or…?

Someone sent the photo to me. According to the posts above, it’s in South Carolina.

I asked, because it’s beautiful, first of all. Secondly, I have mentioned that I have a handful of people who have requested art from me, and one of those requests happens to be a tree. I want to paint a tree like this, but, I don’t want to copy this photo (obviously), so I was hoping to find out what it is so that I can look at multiple photos and get a mental image of what this tree might look like from every perspective.

That tree is bad ass! Why do we chop these things down again?

Great question, I often wonder that myself.

I would have guessed a banyan, myself. It’s remarkably similar.

@SmashTheState I thought so, too, but I couldn’t find anything quite like it when I searched. Good guess, though. I was with you.

Looks like an enchanted evil tree to me.

You will tell us won’t you-the answer is?

It’s a Southern live oak.
The specific tree in the photo is nicknamed “angel oak,” but it is a Southern live oak.

You funny, I love the question thanks for the fun.

…. now I’m just confused.

Man, that tree is beautiful! If you paint it, I would love to see the finished product.

@augustlan we’ll see. I am really not feeling confident about this, not at all. :\

The worst part is that I want to paint what I see, right there, that photograph. The colors are exquisite. I realize that I can’t actually do that, but that’s what I want to do.

Oh do it do it do it do it!^ And then post it. ‘Twill be awesome rad mega cool, I’m confident! :D

Really? Isn’t that wrong? I would feel really bad copying something like that. This photograph is a work of art.

I sense a new question brewing.

Picasso answers you question with this quote, “All art is theft.”

Now that you know it’s a Southern live oak, you can look at multiple images of it instead of painting that photo of Angel Oak.

@everephebe you made my day.
@Brian1946 I looked, actually, much thanks to the answers in this thread. They are beautiful trees.

As long as you’re not selling it, I don’t think you have to worry about copyright or anything. I’ve copied paintings, to give to my girls. Call it a tribute. ;)

@augustlan it isn’t even that I was worried about copyright, it just doesn’t feel… sincere? I really am inspired by this specific photo, though. It’s remarkable. Maybe I will just do it.

“After” suchandsuch. Boom credit given. :D

Does it matter where an artist gets his inspiration from? What about a blind artist? What about an artist who is enchanted by a photo in a magazine. Is this not art?

All of the banyan trees I see have many roots coming from branches to ground, nope I don’t think it is banyan. Also banyan do not seem to be deciduous, at least here they are not and in that pic looks like a lot of leaves on the ground. I googled oak and she oak and they don’t really look like that either. It is the curly branches that intrigue me, there are stringy bark trees here (don’t know their real name) that have the gnarly branches, but I have never seen one that big. I wish someone knew for sure. Neffie, can you find out from the person who sent it to you??? I’m thinking some sort of mahogany???

@rooeytoo if you Google “angel oak,” it will bring up this photo. That appears to be the nickname of this specific tree, the exact one in the picture (not the type.)

@ANef_is_Enuf – wow, they are so beautiful, I love the way the branches swoop to the ground. I know I have a photo of a similar tree from Kakadu, I will hunt for it and show you when I find it. In the meantime, do paint it, would make a wild painting. It could be almost human, the branches could be arms or tenacles reaching out to embrace you or strangle you, hehehe, depending on your mood! Let us see it when you are finished! Please!