Tree ID. Another one. Dear God why wont these threads go away

[Joe13]

Welp, figured I would go to the people who know trees better then I do! I have a book and I think its white oak, but I could be wrong. I have a lot of red oak on the property, but the bark is different and the splits are nowhere near as red.

Tree:




Splits:





There are mushrooms on the bark as this was a big limb that broke off the main tree. Now, the red oak I have seen, the heartwood is much deeper red, and the bark is not scaled and as light, its more shallow furrows and darker in color.

For help, this is York Maine, basically the bottom of the state.

 

[firefighterjake]

I'm better at tree identification with leafs . . . a relatively easy way to determine red oak from white oak (the two most common oak species we have here in Maine) is by the leaf's lobes: rounded lobes = white oak, pointed lobes = red oak.

 

[Joe13]

So the leaves are pointed from what I can tell. but its a much skinnier leaf then the other red oaks. I guess could it be a sub-species in the red oak family?

 

[Longstreet]

Looks like white oak to me.

 

[BenTN]

^^^^me too. white oak. leaves and bark look like white oak.

 

[Applesister]

You have white oak leaves in the canopy but cant tell if it came from the tree in question. The Reddish colored leaves.
You have to follow the leaves back to the correct trunk yourself.

 

[Joe13]

You have white oak leaves in the canopy but cant tell if it came from the tree in question. The Reddish colored leaves.
You have to follow the leaves back to the correct trunk yourself.

Those leaves are attached to the tree in question. I had one but didn't get a picture. Thank you for the clarification! I was pretty sure it was white oak, but wanted to get another opinion.

 

[Woody Stover]

White Oak, King of Firewoods! I see rounded-lobe leaves and scaly bark further up the trunk. Split, stack, wait a few years.

 

[CountryBoy19]

OP says the leaves are pointed: Red Oak... there is NO white oak species with pointed leaves...

That being said, the bark does look a LOT like that of white oak. The picture of the canopy doesn't say much at all, I can't even see a leaf clearly enough to determine if it's pointed or rounded...

 

[Applesister]

Yes, the imaging is unclear, but regardless, the OP has at least a 2 year wait. 3 if its Red Oak. The splits look like Red Oak, the bark no idea, the leaves in the canopy are fuzzy. But there ARE White oak in there.
Its a crap shoot...but a good crap shoot.
Either way he wins...

 

[billb3]

fresh splits often smell of vanilla.

 

[melloyello]

White oak

 

[Joe13]

Thank you all for the replies. I did some more looking and reading in my book and I am pretty sure it is white oak. like some of you said, either way its going to be a great firewood!

 

[Oldman47]

Skinny red family leaves, huh. Check out pin oak.

 

[BenTN]

Skinny red family leaves, huh. Check out pin oak.

pin oak(quercus palustris) would be in the family of red oaks, yes.

 

[Wood Duck]

Are you saying the second two pictures are a limb from the tree in the first two pictures? The first two look perfect for White Oak. The limb looks more like Red Oak.

 

[Joe13]

Are you saying the second two pictures are a limb from the tree in the first two pictures? The first two look perfect for White Oak. The limb looks more like Red Oak.

Correct. It's not the best picture, but you can see where the limb peeled off.

 

[Pellet_Pete]

there is NO white oak species with pointed leaves....

Well, that's ALMOST true...https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/quercus/muehlenbergii/

 

[Rickb]

My experience with whiteoak.....

It is very red on fresh splits. It also smells really bad..... Like cat piss for months and months.

 

[Rebelduckman]

My experience with whiteoak.....

It is very red on fresh splits. It also smells really bad..... Like cat piss for months and months.

Lol my grandpa used to call it cat piss oak

 

[tiswood]

What trees in Me still have leaves?? It looks similar to a white oak but I think it's a different variety . If leaves are long and skinny we have one here we call water oak. I'm not sure of the correct name. I'm not sure they grow in Me.

 

[TedyOH]

What trees in Me still have leaves?? It looks similar to a white oak but I think it's a different variety . If leaves are long and skinny we have one here we call water oak. I'm not sure of the correct name. I'm not sure they grow in Me.

Oaks can hold their leaves throughout the winter, around here they can anyway, until the spring buds pop them off.

 

[Pennsyltucky Chris]

Pointy leaves are found only on Red Oak. You have some type of Red Oak.

 

[AmbDrvr253]

Oaks can hold their leaves throughout the winter, around here they can anyway, until the spring buds pop them off.

This time of year, usually, if there are leaves on trees it is oak or beech. They seem to hold leaves longer than other species.

 

[Applesister]

I think the guy has White oak, white oak. But you know they all cross with each other. It makes things a little obscure-ous. I dont cut any of mine because they are fighting a losing battle as it is against the faster growing Reds and the freaking turkeys get all the acorns.
Chinkapin Oak is an odd one out, surprised its listed as a White Oak, but not surprised its also listed in the Chestnut oak group. Maybe all the OP will get from his tree is that limb?