The Treaty Oak is an octopus-like Southern live oak (Quercus virginiana) in Jacksonville, Florida. The tree is estimated to be 250 years old and may be the single oldest living thing in Jacksonville, predating the founding of the city by Isaiah Hart during the 1820s. It is located in Treaty Oak Park in the Southbank area of Downtown Jacksonville.
The name
The name's origin is generally believed to be related to local apocryphal stories about peace accords between Native Americans and Spanish or American settlers that were signed under its branches. In the 1930s, the name and history were created by journalist Pat Moran of the Florida Times-Union. In an attempt to rescue the tree from being destroyed by developers, he wrote an article claiming a treaty had been signed at the site by indigenous Floridians and early European settlers and called it the Treaty Oak. Prior to that, the tree was known simply as Giant Oak.
The tree
The tree has a trunk over 25 feet in circumference, it rises to height of 70 feet, and its crown spreads over 145...
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