Ed, Tom, and Will, I did check out those websites after I read Steve's post. The bark is very dark and I thought they were black oaks until I saw one with some leaves on it. The photo is pretty much how it appears in the woods and they are fairly common throughout the site. Some of the other oaks would be northern red, white, and chestnut. I have also seen black and or scarlet oak leaves on the ground. It's frustrating not knowing the trees ID. I want to use this tree for the RI.I don't want to jump the gun but if it is a swamp chestnut it may be a Pa. champion tree. The tallest one measures 8'6" x 118.2'. I will search for some acorns when I return to the site.
George -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Will Fell Sent: Wednesday, December 31, 2008 9:16 AM To: ENTSTrees Subject: [ENTS] Re: Chestnut Oak ? While the leaves favor the swamp chestnut oak, the bark looks a little different. The bark of Q michauxii is very similar as white oak, in fact the common name for it down here is white oak, as Q alba is a more northerly species. The bark texture in the photo would be similar for a smaller Sw Chestnut oak, but the color is too dark. I realize that could be the photos or shadows. Find an acorn as someone here suggested and that would be the clincher. On Dec 30, 8:24 pm, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS, > > My son and I were out measuring trees today and could use some help > identifying this oak tree. There were a few leaves still holding onto a > lower limb that look like a chestnut oak. I have attached a few pictures of > the leaf and bark. > > George > > Oak Leaf.JPG > 121KViewDownload > > Oak Bark.JPG > 128KViewDownload > > Oak Trunk.JPG > 197KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
