RE: Oaks in Maine ID

[firefighterjake]

This is a bit embarassing, but since the family land never had any oaks on it I never took the time to really learn much about the various oak trees. I took these leaves from a couple of oak trees growing around my house and attempted to ID them . . . one I believe is red oak . . . the other I couldn't really match up to any of the on-line tree ID sites for Maine trees.

 

[Duetech]

The one one the right looks just like red oak here in Michigan. The picture on the left vaguely resembles something like a burr oak except for the points on the leaves. there are 400= types of oaks. Here are a couple of websites that show some types of oak. (http://about-oak-trees.com/) (http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/compare-oaks.htm) These sites were located by doing a browser search for "oak tree species" maybe your browser will connect you to your type of oaks if these don't find them for you. Looks like fun...

 

[gzecc]

I think the one on the left it looks like northern red oak. on the right it looks like northern pin oak

 

[Wet1]

The left looks like red, but the right is pin oak.

 

[Todd]

Here are some leaves to compare
http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/quercus_spp_leaves02.jpg

 

[joshlaugh]

We have similar oak trees in Ohio and I would say northern red oak and pin oak.

 

[Cluttermagnet]

The one one the right looks just like red oak here in Michigan. The picture on the left vaguely resembles something like a burr oak except for the points on the leaves. there are 400= types of oaks. Here are a couple of websites that show some types of oak. (http://about-oak-trees.com/) (http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages/pages/compare-oaks.htm) These sites were located by doing a browser search for "oak tree species" maybe your browser will connect you to your type of oaks if these don't find them for you. Looks like fun...

Thanks for the links! The Vanderbilt one is outstanding! Very complete. Bookmarked it.

 

[firefighterjake]

Thanks for the replies . . . based on the replies here and from my brother and a Unity College graduate I know . . . it seems the general consensus is that the leaf on the left is red oak and the one on the right is pin oak. Thanks again.