Barry, I agree with Will. Those leaves look typical for Saul's oak.
Jess On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 11:14 PM, Barry Caselli<[email protected]> wrote: > Will again, > To go along with my last response, I photographed all the leaves in my oak > leaf collection that are from the trees in question, and attached the photos > to this message. The leaves in DSC01039 are from the tree here, and the > leaves in DSC01040 are from the tree at work. They appear to be virtually > identical. But as yet I can't identify the species. If memory serves, the > bark is similar to that of white oak. I can go into the woods and look for > sure tomorrow if need be. But these are the leaves anyway. > Thanks, > Barry > P.S.- I also have a bunch of leaves I collected a couple years ago at Aetna > Furnace, which I also can't identify. I will photograph and post them > tomorrow. > > --- On Mon, 6/15/09, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > > From: Will Fell <[email protected]> > Subject: [ENTS] Re: oaks survey question > To: "ENTSTrees" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, June 15, 2009, 12:16 PM > > > Barry > > Could your lobed white oak be Overcup Oak? It has very large > distinctive acorns or maybe it is swamp white oak. I have never seen > one, but understand the leaves are somewhat like overcup oak. Swamp > Chestnut Oak leaves are unlobed and almost identical to Chestnut Oak, > it just has white oak bark and large sweet acorns. > > On Jun 14, 7:05 pm, Barry Caselli <[email protected]> wrote: >> 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
