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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: Tom on July 31, 2002, 01:50:52 PM

Title: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th solved
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2002, 01:50:52 PM
1 (https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/kaoretaw.jpg) Water oak

2 (https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/kaoyekrut.jpg) Turkey Oak!!!
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: Bro. Noble on July 31, 2002, 02:27:43 PM
Tom,

I can't tell if its a crocagator or what for all that blackjack or sassafrass brush.

Noble
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: Tom on July 31, 2002, 03:07:11 PM
You gotta walk carefully 'round that stuff....don't know what you'll find.  

They're both pretty common Oaks, but not Blackjack.
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: CHARLIE on July 31, 2002, 08:59:36 PM
1.Water Oak (AKA: Possum oak, Spotted oak, Quercus nigra Linnaeus)

2. Laurel Oak (AKA: Laurel-leaved oak, Darlington oak, Swamp laurel oak, Quercus laurifolia Michaux)

Note to Tom: There are 2 separate trees listed as BlackJack Oak.

A) Blackjack Oak (AKA: Barren oak, Jack Oak, Quercus marilandica Muenchhausen).  This tree has leaves that look very much like example one.
B) Emory Oak (AKA: Black Oak, Blackjack Oak, Quercus emoryi Torrey).  This tree has leaves completely different than example one.
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: Tom on August 01, 2002, 01:33:59 PM
You got 1 of them Charlie.
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: CHARLIE on August 01, 2002, 08:56:21 PM
Cripes Tom! At least tell me which one I got right.  :-/
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: Tom on August 01, 2002, 09:19:04 PM
Ya got 1 right, charlie.......1.....one..... :D :D
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: CHARLIE on August 01, 2002, 10:22:52 PM
If 2 isn't Laurel oak, then I don't know what it is.  Could it be Southern Red Oak?? :P ::)
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: Tom on August 02, 2002, 09:35:40 AM
Nope, nope.   Thanksgiving is a hint
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th
Post by: CHARLIE on August 02, 2002, 10:21:26 AM
[size=24]Turkey Oak!!![/size]
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th solved
Post by: Texas Ranger on August 02, 2002, 02:25:42 PM
cranberry oak!!!!!!!!!!
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th solved
Post by: Tom on August 02, 2002, 06:02:23 PM
Ha.  Your mind runs toward food the same as mine does, Don.
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th solved
Post by: CHARLIE on August 03, 2002, 06:34:55 AM
Cripes again big brother..... >:(  You said the I.D. was solved but you didn't tell us what the right answer was.  Turkey Oak or Cranberry Oak.  I ain't ne'er heard o' neither.... ::)
Title: Re: DonP's ID quiz for July 31th solved
Post by: Tom on August 03, 2002, 07:10:01 AM
I wrote it on the picture on the first post, charlie.  You were right, it's Turkey Oak.  See those leaves that look like turkey feetses?

Turkey oak in florida is different than this picture but I found sites that list different oaks with the common name "turkey oak". This may be a different red oak than I am familiar with......   (with which I am familiar. :P)

http://www.fl-dof.com/Pubs/trees_of_florida/turkeyoak.html
http://www.nobleplants.com/classnotes/fall/quercuskey.htm

I would have been tempted to have called #2 laurel oak too.  Young trees of the red oaks sometimes produce some strangely lobed leaves.  I've seen some here that look like northern red oak.  As the tree matures, the leaves tend to becomes more definable to their species.  Why?  I dunno.
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