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ncboman
06-06-2009, 01:56 PM
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/ncboman/Trees/Aug04102.jpg

:)

ncboman
postoak
06-06-2009, 04:05 PM
Whiteoak?
Bushman
06-06-2009, 05:02 PM
The rounded edges of the leaves say white oak, but the size of those acorns makes me think not.
postoak
06-06-2009, 05:06 PM
Around here, white oaks have exactly that size acorns.
purple heart
06-07-2009, 09:45 AM
I'll go with the rest and say- white oak.:)
AK-49
06-07-2009, 10:22 AM
burr oak?
DaveHawk
06-07-2009, 11:00 AM
Why that Sling shot Oak LOL
ncboman
06-07-2009, 01:41 PM
Why that Sling shot Oak LOL

aarph :D :D :D

That's good Dave.

Here's a couple more pics taken a little earlier in the growing cycle;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/ncboman/Trees%2005/72205028r.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v50/ncboman/Trees%2005/72205027r.jpg

Those of you guessing White Oak are correct ... kinda.

It is a white oak as the rounded lobes indicate BUT there a lots of varieties of white oaks and here we are looking for exactly what variety of white oak this is.

It's kinda tricky as this is a landscape tree. These were planted interspersed with imported Korean sawtooth oaks. Compared to true North American white oaks, the leaves of this specimen are shaped the same but these leaves are much smaller. Also these acorns are longer and more eliptical.

I thought I had it pinned down to the English Oak variety but lately I've come to question if it's really an English oak or perhaps another unusual variety. :confused:

ncboman
postoak
06-07-2009, 02:17 PM
English Oak had occurred to me, if it were an import. However, I've seen a similar oak in Tuscany and Hungary -- the name of which escapes me -- which it also resembles.
postoak
06-07-2009, 02:36 PM
It could be the Downy oak (Quercus pubescens):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downy_Oak
postoak
06-07-2009, 02:39 PM
But I think what I saw was Quercus Frainetto (Hungarian Oak; Italian Oak):

http://www.forestryimages.org/browse/subthumb.cfm?sub=13115&start=1

http://www.barcham.co.uk/files/Quercus-frainetto---main.jpg
pepaw
06-08-2009, 09:10 AM
Wish I had a pasture full of them. I have hunted areas with white oaks and they are deer magnets.

Thanks for the schooling on mast trees.

pepaw
ncboman
06-08-2009, 05:22 PM
Good links postoak.

It might be that downy oak. I'm studyin it. ... and goin back to the trees and look at em some more. They may be flowering right now.

There's some nutty issues with these I'll discuss later. :rolleyes:

ncboman
ncboman
06-10-2009, 12:50 AM
Last year these oaks I have access to didn't produce any acorns at all. This was a blow to me because I wanted to get some started before I age completely out. I noticed one tree had been removed and wondered if pollination was a problem as these trees usually produce every year.

Good news is I went back today and there are little acorns starting to form so my worry was unfounded. :)

I didn't have my camera but I'll get some more pics. I'd really like to know EXACTLY what species these are, mainly because the deer really love these acorns and I might want to sell some seedlings once I get a good number started.

ncboman
pepaw
06-10-2009, 10:09 AM
"I wanted to get some started before I age completely out"

:) I understand. I have several small oaks that I started from acorns last year.
I plan to plant them next winter on my property, but may "age out" before I see the results for the deer. I have to place cages around all my saplings, otherwise the "horny" young bucks trash them in the fall. They can't resist fighting a springy little tree all by itself!

pepaw