Will- Possibly *Quercus petraea mespilifolia*, a variety of the Durmast oak, native to Europe and western Asia. The sessile acorns seem to imply that variety.
Steve On Mon, Nov 30, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Will <[email protected]> wrote: > I know this is the Eastern *Native* Tree society, but I wondered if any > of you with knowledge of exotic species might help me with an ID. I found > this oak yesterday (killing time while others were in the mall) on > Savannah's southside on Abercorn Ext adjacent to the campus of Armstrong > Atlantic Univ. I would assume it is probably an Asian Native as many of the > nearby trees owe their existence to the former USDA Plant Introduction > Station outside of Savannah known locally as the Old Bamboo Farm. This > station specialized in and imported much plant material from SE Asia back in > the 1920's and 30's. It closed in the 1950's and laid dormant for years and > used to be full of many trees and plants of Asian linage. The Cooperative > Extension service took over it after its closure and used it for research > and about 25 years ago they unfortunately cleared many of the old trees to > make way for field crops under research. There is still a fair collection of > trees and plant material there, although many of the old oak > species (Quercus, Lithocarpus, Castenopsis, Castenea) fell to the bulldozer. > Many folks including myself collected seed and seedlings from those > trees and planted them around SE GA. > > The leaves of the oak are strongly veined both on top and bottom, very > similar in texture to a loquat, but not as hairy. I didn't take a hand lens, > but I would say for a cursory description they were glabrous. The leaves > were 5-8 inches long and the acorns about 3/4 inches. Pictures 1-4 are of > the oak. I also found a maple and dogwood I had never seen before, but they > appear to be a Yunan or Leather-leaf Maple and a Himalayan Dogwood. > > photo 1 oak leaves > > photo 2 oak buds > > photo 3 oak acorns > > photo 4 oak bark > > photo 5 Leather-leaf maple > > photo 6 Himalayan dogwood > > -- > 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]<entstrees%[email protected]> > -- 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]
