Turner, I haven't seen shumard oak in a few years, so I was hoping someone else would jump in, but here goes. Shumard oak often has light colored vertical streaks and dark furrows in the bark much like northern red oak or scarlet oak. On bottomland sites, they have a very open, spreading crown structure similar to cherrybark oak, but not quite as pronounced. On bottomlands they also have well developed buttresses. Leaves may still be helpful; if I remember correctly, they are generally similar to pin oak or scarlet oak, but are larger and have more bristle tips. They grow best in relatively well drained portions of floodplains and may associate with species like cherrybark oak and sweetgum. Shumard oak also grows on thin soiled limestone slopes, and occasionally other calcareous uplands.
Jess On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 10:32 PM, turner <[email protected]> wrote: > ENTS: Need help in identifying Shumard Oak. Other then seeing some > small specimens in arboretums, it is a species that has never been on > my radar. There are supposedly some stands along the Ohio River near > Parkersburg, WV where I am going to take some winter time strolls in > some bottomland sites. What stands out as far as bark and branching > habit that will tell me it is a Shumard. There are no acorns this year > and leaves have not been helpful. Any advice appreciated. Thanks Beth > for reminding me about Shumard Oak. > Turner Sharp > > -- > 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] -- 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]
