Tim and Steve
Bottom two are definitely scarlet. Upper two onleft are
definitely black. Rightmost on top is up for grabs. Lee what do you
think? Vic Shelburne?
Bob
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On Nov 10, 2009, at 9:47 PM, Timothy Zelazo <[email protected]> wrote:
> Since the Scarlet oak leaves tend to close, I'm going with the two
> on the bottom and the one at the top right are Scarlet. The other
> two are Black.
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> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:31 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]
> > wrote:
> Bob-
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> In that there are only 5 leaves in the photo, I know it's a trick
> question! But my guess is the top three are Black, the bottom two
> Scarlet. But if they are all from this season, and in the state of
> color they are, then all could be Black(Scarlet still looks, well,
> scarlet, even after leaf drop). If I had gathered these from my
> local woods, I would say the top three are Black, the bottom two
> Pin. But I would still have to look at the acorns under the trees to
> feel confident of the ID, and then observe the bark.
> Who's on first? ;).
>
> Steve
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> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 9:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> Excellent. No ruckus at all. This is a very, very useful direction
> to take. There's no limit to what we can accomplish with comparative
> images. The attached images show 3 black and 3 scarlet oak leaves.
> Or is it 2 black and 4 scarlet oak leaves?
>
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Steve Galehouse" <[email protected]>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 7:43:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada
> Eastern
> Subject: [ENTS] Re: Oak bark characteristics
>
> 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:
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> 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.
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> Tim
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