Oak Trees
An oak is a tree or shrub in the genus Quercus of the beech family, Fagaceae. There are approximately 500 extant species of oak. The common name "oak" also appears in the names of species in related genera, notably Lithocarpus (stone oaks), as well as in those of unrelated species such as Grevillea robusta (silky oaks) and the Casuarinaceae (she-oaks). The genus Quercus is native to the Northern Hemisphere, and includes deciduous and evergreen species extending from cool temperate to tropical latitudes in the Americas, Asia, Europe, and North Africa. North America has the largest number of oak species, with approximately 160 species in Mexico of which 109 are endemic and about 90 in the United States. The second greatest area of oak diversity is China, with approximately 100 species.
How to get the cache
The cache actually requires two people to get it because it requires tree climbing and someone needs to give the other person a leg-up to get up into the tree where they can find the cache. The cache is tied on with a piece of string to one of the branches of the magnificent oak. Originally, this was a hard cache to place because there are so many great locations where there are even more magnificent oak trees in Vauxhall Fields.
The cache
Because this requires tree climbing I have given it a terrain rating of 2.0 and a difficulty of 2.0. I know that it probably has to be more than that but because I want to keep this cache open to non-premium members that is why the ratings are low. The cache itself is a micro transparent tube with a black lid on it with a green geocaching logo on it.
