Barry,
in my immediate area here in Dighton, MA scarlet oak is the most common species. Others include white, northern red, black and swamp white. If you drive farther to the east into the pine barrens you can also find bear oak (scrub oak) and dwarf chinkapin oak as well. I understand there are also some post oaks growing on the south coast not far from here but I haven't checked them out yet. I believe this is as far north as they are distributed on the east coast. On some rocky uplands to our north you can also find chestnut oak. Doug --- 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, 4:05 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
