Barry, Oaks are my favorite trees also. On my own property I have only two, Shingle, Q. imbricaria, and Bur, Q. macrocarpa. In the area that I live, Pacific, MO, about 40 miles sw of St. Louis there are the following: White--Q. alba Swamp White--Q. bicolor Shingle--Q. imbricaria Bur--Q. macrocarpa Blackjack--Q. marilandica Swamp chestnut--Q. michauxii Chinquapin--Q. muhlenbergii Pin--Q. palustris Chestnut--Q. prinus Northern Red--Q. rubra Post--Q. stellata Black--Q. velutina As to your unkown oak, I can tell you that it isn't a hybrid between white and chestnut as one is in the "red oak family" and the other is in the "white oak family". Oaks only hybrid in thier respectful "families". Swamp chestnut isn't the answer either as the leaves are not lobed. Beth
Trees are the answer.--bumper sticker from Illinois Forest Association --- On Sun, 6/14/09, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: From: Barry Caselli <[email protected]> Subject: [ENTS] oaks survey question To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:05 PM ENTS, I've been thinking about asking this question for a few days now. I think it would be interesting to read everyone's answers. Here it is: What species of oak are native to your area- the general area in which you live and work? I'm not really concerned with planted varieties, just the native trees. I love oak trees, so I'm really interested in people's answers. Here's my answer (which I've given a couple times in other posts): My area is the New Jersey Pine Barrens, and the oaks are: White Oak, Quercus alba Post-Oak, Quercus stellata Chestnut-Oak, Quercus prinus Black Oak, Quercus velutina Scarlet Oak, Quercus coccinea Spanish Oak, Quercus falcata Black-jack Oak, Quercus marilandica Willow Oak, Quercus phellos (not listed in Pine Barrens field guide) Willow Oak can be found in many places, though it's not as widespread as the others. Half the species on that list can be found right here on our property. We also have an oak on the property that has leaves similar to those of White Oak, but with many lobes, as if it's a lobed version of Chestnut-oak. Could it be Swamp Chestnut Oak? Or maybe some naturally occurring hybrid? Also there are two oaks that are shrubs: Scrub-Oak, Quercus ilicifolia Dwarf Chestnut-oak, Quercus prinoides Yesterday I found a new location for Dwarf Chestnut-oak, only about 6 miles from here. It is quite uncommon compared to Scrub Oak. I used my pine barrens field guide to get all the correct spellings, and for some reason a few of the names are hyphenated, which I didn't know, previously. Thanks, Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
