The image below is from an architect's site plan. What kind of trees are those really? Here's a hint: they make wine bottle stoppers from the bark.
I hate-hate-hate-hate-hate tree symbols. Probably because they do not represent reality.
I love your thought that this must be a subatomic tree nevertheless.
I had a crew once that turned in a topo with "spickets" in some open areas.
I guess that's what you hook a garden hose to so you can water the "quark" trees...:pinch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_(material)
it may also be a Black or Swamp Tupelo which have cork consistency.
I did a topo once for Villa Montalvo in Santa Clara County about half way between Los Gatos and Saratoga. The grounds were infested with exotic trees and shrubs, hardly any two alike. In my notes, however, I correctly identified every one with both the common and botanical names.
I hardly even needed those little signs someone stuck in the ground by every plant;-)
Don
> I hate-hate-hate-hate-hate tree symbols.
I'm not in love with them, but I haven't found an alternative that I like better. Here's the one I use:
Similar experience many years ago. Went out to get a crew started on topo for a county bridge replacement. Upon arriving at the job we found a landscape crew mulching the new plantings. Plantings were at the back of the guardrail and along the top of a new stone retaining wall. Naturally the old bridge was an 1800s stone arch. The retaining wall was made of large barn foundation stones that matched the bridge. The wall began at the arch of the bridge and extended several hundred feet along the stream. Every one of the new plantings had a nice white tag with the name of the plant.
We contacted the deputy county engineer and suggested he visit the site while our crew was working. Turned out relocating the fresh landscaping became a part of the project. The new bridge was designed as a modern concrete arch with surface stamping to create a stone appearance. There was a public park across the road and preserving the historic appearance of the bridge became a selling point in the public hearings.
I think those are called 'Bosonzai' trees. They prune them down to the subatomic level.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
i worked with an India born instrument man some years ago. his english is very good, but we both have the hearing of an old man.
on a mapping project, i called for some measurements for 'shed' and wanted an annotation 'abandoned' attached. a couple days later, the Cad boss calls me in asking 'what's abundant about a shed?'
we all got a chuckle over that one
My two favorites are ""BOX COLBERT" (evidently Claudett's older, racy sister) and one that took me DAYS to figure out, "VBN" (would you believe, "Volley Ball Net"?):-P 😀 B-)
Had a crew chief note a "DSIMR" on a sketch once.. Dead Skunk in Middle of Road.
Many years ago
We were staking a second phase of a residential subdivision and pulled out the old field books to look for control. I found one description QUITE amusing. The description for the benchmark was "60d nail in wooden tree". Luckily they did give a distance left (or right) of X+XX station and we were able to find it.
Andy
I don't know what a quark is or any variant with a common name that I'd recognize. That's not surprising either since you're in Cali and I'm in Texas. But, the ONLY think that I could grasp as was that quark was somehow short for the family name Quercus. Otherwise, you're gonna have to tell me what it means cause I can't get there from here. 🙂
> I don't know what a quark is or any variant with a common name that I'd recognize.
It's apparently someone's phonetic spelling of the word "cork," as in "cork oak." If you've never seen one, they're pretty cool -- the bark is very thick and deeply furrowed, so it's easy to break off a chunk and see what real cork looks like on the hoof, as it were.
Interesting. I'd never heard of that type of an oak. Very cool!