Barry and ENTS, I goofed on my list of oaks...sorry. Please make the following corrections: Delete Swamp chestnut--Q. michauxii and add Overcup--Q. lyrata, Shumard--Q. shumardii. Also in the county just south of the I live in there is Scarlet--Q. coccinea.
Beth On Jun 14, 7:23 pm, Beth Koebel <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
