X-Nico

2 unusual facts about Wye Oak


Lawrence Romorini

An extraordinary example is a collage commemorating the life of the Wye Oak in Maryland, which fell from a lightning strike after 450+ years.

Wye Oak

Dr. Frank Gouin, Professor Emeritus of Horticulture at the University of Maryland, College Park, impressed both by the age and size of the tree, as well as its unusual resistance to oak wilt fungus and the gypsy moth, led a successful effort to clone the Wye Oak.


Dungeonesse

Dungeonesse is an American collaboration between songwriter and producer Jon Ehrens (White Life, Art Department), and singer Jenn Wasner (Wye Oak, Flock of Dimes) out of Baltimore, Maryland.


see also

Dale Stoffel

After the Iraq War, Stoffel's company, Wye Oak Technology, received one of the first contracts issued by the new Iraqi Ministry of Defense to refurbish the country's Soviet-era T-55 tanks and artillery.