Help with Oak ID

[claydogg84]

Picked up a solid load of wood alongside the road this morning. Got pretty wet in the process but it was worth it - Snagged 2 different Oak trees, and some Black Locust. I'm trying to learn how to ID the different types of oak, maybe you guys can help me.

 

[mass_burner]

Looks like red, split and if you smell cat piss, its red.

 

[claydogg84]

Looks like red, split and if you smell cat piss, its red.

I thought maybe the top 2 pictures were a Red Oak, but the bottom 2 are a different tree.

 

[mass_burner]

It all looks like red to me.

 

[claydogg84]

From what I read, Red oak has the pointed leaf, and white oak has the rounded lobes. Seems I had it backwards but still not certain. Are there other types of oak it could be?

 

[jeffesonm]

I download this Tree ID app from Virginia Tech that works pretty well: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.pottssoftware.agps21&hl=en

You put in characteristics about the tree and it tells you what it is.

 

[Applesister]

The top tree is Bur Oak. And you are right, if the veins in the leaf extend out past the the leaf margin (like a cat claw) its in the Red oak group. White Oak leaf veins stop at the leaf margins and generally have rounded lobes(fingers)
The first pics are a white oak( Bur) and your second is a Red oak of some type, not sure which one exactly.
So you have white and red. Nice looking trees too.

 

[claydogg84]

The top tree is Bur Oak. And you are right, if the veins in the leaf extend out past the the leaf margin (like a cat claw) its in the Red oak group. White Oak leaf veins stop at the leaf margins and generally have rounded lobes(fingers)
The first pics are a white oak( Bur) and your second is a Red oak of some type, not sure which one exactly.
So you have white and red. Nice looking trees too.

Thanks!

 

[2PistolPacker]

Bur oak and white oak leaves look similar, but white oak has more of a 3 point crown looking end and these don't have that. Bur it is. Next leaf is red oak by the width of the leaf between points.

 

[claydogg84]

The Bur Oak was an uprooted tree alongside the road. I cut the branch that I thought was propping it up and the tree stayed about 5 foot off the ground. I thought to myself - perfect, I can knock all these rounds without bending over! So I cut 2 more rounds off the maybe 20' stalk and once the second round hit the ground, the remaining 15' flopped straight back to where it had fallen It was in a swampy area so I didn't fell it, but I did get a good chuckle when that thing sprung right back to where it was. Now it looks like someone came and felled a tree 15' off the ground.

 

[Wood Duck]

I agree the first tree is Bur Oak, and the second one is something in the Red Oak group. The leaf could be Red, Black, or perhaps another species. The bark looks more like Black Oak than Red Oak, but can't say for sure.

 

[PA. Woodsman]

That's a darn fine looking score!

 

[porkchopexpress]

I'm going with bur (white) and black (red) oak

 

[hickoryhoarder]

From what I read, Red oak has the pointed leaf, and white oak has the rounded lobes. Seems I had it backwards but still not certain. Are there other types of oak it could be?

No question, red oak is pointed, the white oak group is rounded lobes. Black oak is also pointed, as is pin oak. Red oak is reddish when split (also reddish in floor boards). Red oak can be described as having ski trails on the trunk -- because of dark areas and gray areas in the bark. White oak has a lighter bark, not sure what words to describe it. When alive, the trees are distinguishable at a glance.

 

[husky345 vermont resolute]

I'm gonna say red

 

[Rebelduckman]

It's some type of red oak for sure.