Can anyone ID this tree from the movie Patriot? Pic included

charolastra3

Hello,

Since the first time I saw the movie The Patriot with Mel Gibson years ago I fell in love with these white trees. Can anyone tell me what tree this is?

Any info will be greatly appreciated.

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Eric Frei

I would say it's one of those huge oaks, perhaps even from The Avenue of Oaks. They're covered in Spanish moss.

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mike dub

Hi all! I'm new to the forum. Saw this pic of a beautiful live oak tree and thought I'd chime in with my personal thoughts. Thanks!

This tree is a very old Live Oak tree. They thrive mostly in the Southeast Atlantic coastal plain-- North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, and along the Southeast Gulf coast in Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.
The one shown here was filmed for the movie The Patriot at, I believe, Middleton Place outside of Charleston, South Carolina. This live oak has Spanish Moss, which only grows on live oaks that are close to the Southeast coast (in NC/SC/GA/FL on the Atlantic side) and it grows on some trees in roughly the lower third to lower half of the U.S. Southern Gulf states (FL/AL/MS/LA). This moss requires a very humid climate, and very temperate/warm winters to grow. I live near Raleigh, North Carolina, and although we have some beautiful live oaks this far in-land, they do not have spanish moss. The weather is not temperate enough this far in-land to grow the moss.

Mike in North Carolina