Lee, Fat black oak shade leaves with almost no lobes or indendations are common in the south, too.
I think the most useful characters for identifying black oak leaves in the summer are its dark, glossy upper side and the velutinous (fuzzy) underside - hence Quercus velutina. Regarding the photo titled black oak by Tim, I think it could be a black oak. The balded strip in the midst of the deeper furrows lead me to think that. A shot of the bark higher up the trunk would be needed to make a certain determination because the deeply furrowed lower bark does give the impression of chestnut oak. Josh On Nov 11, 8:58 am, Lee Frelich <[email protected]> wrote: > Bob: > > I think the one on the upper right is scarlet oak. The pattern with > which side veins intersect the main vein is like scarlet oak. Its > probably from a shaded portion of the canopy whereas the others are from > the top of the canopy. > > You didn't show any of those black oaks with the fat leaves with minimal > indentation that I saw when I was there in early October. I have not > seen those in the Midwest- must be a New England thing. > > Lee > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
