Identifying Oaks

GW · August 07, 2007, 06:12:56 PM

Nuhnt uhn.

metalspinner · August 07, 2007, 06:16:07 PM

Live oak.

GW · August 07, 2007, 06:19:06 PM

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Thank goodness. I thought I might have to point out the title of this thread. ;D

metalspinner · August 07, 2007, 06:22:17 PM

I was beginning to wonder where this thread was heading. :D 8)

SwampDonkey · August 07, 2007, 06:31:20 PM

Quote from: GW on August 07, 2007, 06:19:06 PM
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Thank goodness. I thought I might have to point out the title of this thread. ;D

:D :D :D Sneaky guy. Making us read topics.

Mooseherder · August 07, 2007, 06:54:41 PM

Got one of doze too but ain't sacrificing for smoke.
This one has acorns budding now.

WDH · August 07, 2007, 10:27:10 PM

Sneaky, sneaky, sneaky.......... ;).

GW · August 07, 2007, 10:29:56 PM

I asked the question on page 2 of this thread. Check out the post at the top of the page. :D

Lanier_Lurker · August 08, 2007, 04:05:51 PM

I should have known. :(

I love live oaks. I grew up in the northern part of the live oak belt in Lee County. Large old live oaks are some of the best climbing trees there are in the world - especially when they have the huge horizontal limbs.

Sadly, 3 of the ancient live oaks I've known for most of my life have perished under their own weight. They split apart and died, although one of them has a living portion that is still standing. My dad has one by his driveway that has a dbh between 6' and 7'.

Mooseherder · August 11, 2007, 12:06:50 AM

Annuder trick question with a pic. :D
What flavor is it?

WDH · August 11, 2007, 12:23:36 AM

Vanilla oak

. Sure isn't strawberry or raspberry :D. Ahh, look at that revolute leaf. Look at that significant color contrast between the upper side and lower side. Look at that knobby acorn cup. Sure looks like a lively specimen to me ;).

Mooseherder · August 11, 2007, 12:38:13 AM

What a lively description. ;)

SwampDonkey · August 11, 2007, 07:52:35 PM

I was just noticing on my white oak tree that I have a lot of tiny undeveloped acorns about 1/8" wide. I did not see any male pollen flowers on the tree this spring. So, I am assuming these acorns will be aborted with the leaves. The leaves are definitely white oak and dark green above, paler below, no pubescence. I know it is not bur oak. The tree came from southern NH (Exitor) as a seedling. It has beautiful scarlet foliage in the fall, much more colorful than our native red oak.

limbrat · August 13, 2007, 10:45:05 PM

Are the live oaks in dry central texas the same as the live oaks along the southeastern coast?

WDH · August 13, 2007, 10:49:18 PM

NO!!!!!!

Have you ever seen an oak branch that was twice as long as the tree is tall ???.

Lanier_Lurker · August 13, 2007, 11:01:22 PM

I have!!

Lanier_Lurker · August 13, 2007, 11:04:40 PM

In Lee County, GA.

On the northern edge of the southeastern live oak range.

I used to climb that sucker when I was a kid.

You could run flat out along the limbs on this thing. It was one fun tree to climb on.

SwampDonkey · August 14, 2007, 05:56:24 AM

Quote from: WDH on August 13, 2007, 10:49:18 PM

Have you ever seen an oak branch that was twice as long as the tree is tall ???.

Sounds like suckered beech in heavy shade. Or pasture grown tamarack. ;D

limbrat · August 14, 2007, 07:59:56 PM

Maybe i have seen them longer than the tree is tall for sure. Long enough to touch the ground twenty ft. from the tip. there are some on Avery Isle like that.
The reason i asked was cause i vaguely remember a interview with Barbra Bush George seniors wife.Were she had chose one of them tortured looking oaks to plant in washington, but was told that in the wetter climate it would not grow the way that she expected.So she picked something else.