Steve: You didn't cause a ruckus. The Chestnut oak was the only one Bob showed me that day so no excuses on my part. The Tupelo bark-young photo looks just like the Chestnut oak. I had Black oak on my mind for a few days. Thanks for sharing more of the trunk with us.
Tim On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:43 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]>wrote: > Tim, Bob, ENTS- > > I didn't mean to cause a ruckus when I commented that the Black Oak pic > looked like Tupelo to me, but Chestnut Oak and Tupelo do resemble each other > as far as bark characteristics, and are easily confused. I've attached a few > bark pics of Oaks and Tupelos from locals woods. In my area the Red > Oaks(Red, Black, Pin, Scarlet) all occur in the same woods and seem to > display an intergrading continuum of characteristics--the photos are of the > most typical for the species. > > Steve > > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 5:49 PM, Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Bob: >> >> After my meeting in Northampton today, I went back to Mt. Tom to resolve >> the confusion I started. The tree next to the parking lot is the only >> tupelo tree in the area that we walked on Sunday. I then went back to the >> Chestnut oak ( the one I referred to as a Black oak) and found the leaves >> and the fruit so I could correct the confusion I created. The area is a >> great spot for doing oak tree identification because there are Red, White, >> Black, and Chestnut oak all growing together in one happy community. >> >> Tim >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
