Tree ID please

[ethanhudson]

I am trying to get better at identifying trees and downed timber, I have spent hours looking through some of the linked websites from this forum. I live in the Black Hills of South Dakota, it is beautiful country but the predominant tree species is Ponderosa Pine. Don't get me wrong, I won't turn my nose up at pine, I've got so much its rediculous. But I am on a mission to bolster my woodpiles with some hardwoods (kinda difficult given my location) for better coaling and overnight burns. I discovered several patches of trees at lower elevations that I believe are white oak (burr oak to be precise). I would greatly appreciate any input from the forum members on whether I'm right (or wrong )

The nubs and the leaf are what I am basing my opinion on.

 

[lukem]

Chestnut oak based on the leaf, but could be burr. The pics is kinda blurry and it is hard to tell how deep the lobes are. The bark is dead on for chestnut.

 

[jackatc1]

Hi ethan.
Where I live it is called rock oak , a member of the white oak family.

One of the highest in btu,s

 

[richg]

The leaf is of an oak species. Oak takes a long time to season, but when it's good and dry, it burns long and hot and produces great coals. Take her down, buck and split it.

 

[zzr7ky]

Oak! It's all good!

 

[ethanhudson]

Oak! It's all good!

I agree...

 

[Backwoods Savage]

Burr oak

 

[Manitoulin Maples]

looks like burr oak to me.

 

[Locust Post]

There is no bad oak....get all you can but don't use it until it has dried 2 years if you want to get the most benefit out of it.

 

[ScotO]

Yep that's what we refer to rock oak or chestnut oak. Great wood and that there is a biggun'...