Unless this monster falls victim to natural disaster, I won't be getting if for firewood. Regardless, what do you think it is? Measures nearly 5 ft dbh. Very straight trunk. I am leaning Hickory. But not even close to confident on that.
Well, not exactly. Oaks are divided into to main groups, White and Red, and although White and Bur Oak are both in the White Oak group, they are separate species of the genus Quercus. Withe Oak Quercus alba, and Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa.Burr Oak is a White Oak sub-specie.
white oaks acorns look like little footballs, for the most part.....reds are shorther and fatter.....Just go back to the tree in the spring when it leafs out. Its in a park right?
My mom brought an acorn back from the woods. She found it with a sprout sticking out of it. So she planted it in the backyard and its now the biggest tree in our yard. A forester told me to drop the acorns in a cup of water. The acorns that sink are free of a weevil that eats them. So they are good to plant. If you find them before the turkeys and the white tailed deer.
I find the white oak leaves on the ground in the woods so I know they are out there somewhere. Not sure which ones they are.
Well, not exactly. Oaks are divided into to main groups, White and Red, and although White and Bur Oak are both in the White Oak group, they are separate species of the genus Quercus. Withe Oak Quercus alba, and Bur Oak Quercus macrocarpa.
nrford, Not saying you don't know what you are talking about. I am sure in the business you are in, that you know a lot about trees, and I am sure the industry has it's customary language, which works for you. But it is very difficult to identify a tree definitively with just a couple of pictures.It's a good think I don't know what i'm talking about! LOL
It's a good think I don't know what i'm talking about! LOL
In fact, when Bur Oaks and White Oaks range overlap, they sometimes cross breed. I was just trying to clarify the species information.
It would be way out of its range if it is.Looks more like cherry bark oak from here - a red oak species
I was thinking its a park so could have been planted - native range up through Maryland not too far from JerseyIt would be way out of its range if it is.
You might be right.I was thinking its a park so could have been planted - native range up through Maryland not too far from Jersey
nrford, Not saying you don't know what you are talking about. I am sure in the business you are in, that you know a lot about trees, and I am sure the industry has it's customary language, which works for you. But it is very difficult to identify a tree definitively with just a couple of pictures.
In fact, when Bur Oaks and White Oaks range overlap, they sometimes cross breed. I was just trying to clarify the species information.
I was being a little "tongue in cheek" TD. I really don't care what anyone else "thinks it is", I KNOW what it is.
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