Pagosa Springs, Colorado
The Largest Scrub Oak?
by Norm Vance
This old tree is the largest scrub oak tree I have seen in the
area. It is located  along
the Eight Mile Mesa Road south of Pagosa. It is about eighteen
inches across and is still alive.
It has an old faded forest service sign nailed into its side denoting
it as a tree to be protected (not cut or harmed) for its wildlife
habitat potential. The two places where branches once grew are
hollowed out and birds flit in and out. Untold generations of
birds, squirrels and other animals have lived here. Surely Walt
Disney could have made an epic film about this tree’s wildlife
history.
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