Name this leaf.

[gotboostido]

Hey everyone. I have a massive tree in the back yard. And I'm planning on pruning the bottom three limbs So I've narrowed this leaf down to two choices. Pin oak or a scarlet oak. Although im leaning to scarlet oak. Does anyone know for sure.

 

[xman23]

It looks like oak, but I don't know about those spiney things. So I don't know.

 

[Wood Duck]

You can't tell those two species apart from just a leaf, typically. A massive yard tree sounds like a Pin Oak, but that isn't proof. It doesn't really matter as far as firewood goes, since they would both be similar to Red Oak.

 

[fishki]

Pin or Scarlet, hard to tell from just one leaf.
Leaning toward Scarlet by looking at that one basal lobe. Pin tends to have a slight recurve.

 

[firefighterjake]

I shall name him Harold.

 

[CincyBurner]

Scarlet oak will have concentric rings around the tip of the acorn.
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=37

 

[Chas0218]

Pin oaks usually have strips on the acorns.

 

[gotboostido]

Heres a few more pics

 

[gotboostido]

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[gotboostido]

here we go.

 

[gotboostido]

last one.

 

[fishki]

Scarlet Oak.
But check the bottom of the acorn like CincyBurner said for the concentric rings

 

[HisTreeNut]

I'd call some pretty nice btu's.



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