Trees in the Roosevelt Median

Started by tree-up, June 06, 2012, 08:50:34 AM

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tree-up

June 06, 2012, 08:50:34 AM
Longtime lurker...just registered to ask this question.

I just noticed that either the City or FDOT has begun to remove the oak trees in the median of Roosevelt Blvd (US17) between Long Bow and Verona.  It looks like they've removed about 1/3 of the trees (with possibly more to be removed today?).

Just wondering if anyone knows what's going on?

fsujax

#1
June 06, 2012, 09:02:44 AM
Yes, they are replacing the trees. The old Ash Oaks were diseased and not doing too well. They are planting crepe myrtles.

Non-RedNeck Westsider

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June 06, 2012, 09:10:41 AM
Quote from: fsujax on June 06, 2012, 09:02:44 AM
They are planting crepe myrtles.

How original.  ::)
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fsujax

#3
June 06, 2012, 09:12:11 AM
^^well, they are hardy. Would you rather have palms??? haha

BridgeTroll

#4
June 06, 2012, 09:52:49 AM
A light rail or street car would make more sense...  8)
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thunnus

#5
June 06, 2012, 10:41:10 AM
An indigenous tree would make sense as well...... :-[

acme54321

#6
June 06, 2012, 10:54:10 AM
Yeah,  how about those trees that make the historic nieighborhoods so beautiful?  Live Oaks.  In 50 years the whole road would have an awesome tree canopy.

mtraininjax

#7
June 06, 2012, 11:19:04 AM
QuoteYeah,  how about those trees that make the historic nieighborhoods so beautiful?  Live Oaks.  In 50 years the whole road would have an awesome tree canopy.

Screw that, JEA will just come along and prune the hell out of them. At least with the CM's, they don't get high enough into the lines that they look like un-natural from pruning.
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fsujax

#8
June 06, 2012, 11:59:59 AM
They will not plant Live Oaks in the median, there isnt enough room for them to grow out and mature. Mtrain is right JEA would just butcher them to death if they got within 10ft of a powerline.

mtraininjax

#9
June 07, 2012, 11:16:00 AM
Also, a CM is much more forgiving if someone happens to cross over the median, where as a Live Oak will result in sure death. I saw such on Memorial Day weekend near the FCCJ campus, when a woman with 4 kids lost control of her buick and plowed over about 4 of the CMs in the median. Had it been Live Oaks, we would have been reading about her and the kids in the TU.
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Jdog

#10
June 07, 2012, 01:39:30 PM
Hopefully, they won't have to, or won't choose to, commit crepe murder...   

RiversideLoki

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June 07, 2012, 03:07:31 PM
Quote from: Jdog on June 07, 2012, 01:39:30 PM
Hopefully, they won't have to, or won't choose to, commit crepe murder...


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Ocklawaha

#12
June 07, 2012, 03:44:41 PM
Quote from: BridgeTroll on June 06, 2012, 09:52:49 AM
A light rail or street car would make more sense...  8)

I like it... Imagine! 9' long oaks in the median, laid horizontally, topped by two ribbons of steel, why you can almost smell the creosote and the ozone can't you. Let's do all of this Hawaiian style, Ua mau ke ea o ka 'aina i ka pono!

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Know Growth

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June 07, 2012, 10:56:12 PM
Quote from: mtraininjax on June 07, 2012, 11:16:00 AM
Also, a CM is much more forgiving if someone happens to cross over the median, where as a Live Oak will result in sure death. I saw such on Memorial Day weekend near the FCCJ campus, when a woman with 4 kids lost control of her buick and plowed over about 4 of the CMs in the median. Had it been Live Oaks, we would have been reading about her and the kids in the TU.

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Orange Park State Farm Agent Larry Fuller voiced concern when the US17 plantings sprung up years ago.

Seraphs

#14
June 07, 2012, 11:48:36 PM
Many times people are bored with Crepe Myrtles, but truth is they simply work for our area.  They flower, low maintenance, hardy, noninvasive, and like someone wrote earlier they are forgiving in a crash.  Also in storms they do much less damage should they break or become uprooted. My personal favorite is the single trunk Natchez.
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