George: Keep in mind that Q. michauxii will hydridize with other white oaks. That is the reason I posed the question as to what other oaks were in the area.
I have also seen trees where environmental conditions greatly affect the color or depth of tone of the bark. I'm not sure of the procedure for submitting the tree as a champion, but I would think you may have to type the DNA of the tree if there is some question as to whether it is Q. michauxii. How large are the scarlet oak in the area? I would like to have a few of those acorns? Tom On Dec 31, 2:06 pm, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > 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- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
