What kind of oak is still hanging on to its leaves?

[Hunter8282]

I have a hand full of these smaller oaks that still have a ton of crispy brown leaves. They are smaller trees but just curious of the varity.

 

[begreen]

Some oaks don't shed their leaves until spring. It's easier to ID them with the new leaves.

 

[Heart Rot]

Some of our red oaks still have their leaves on their lower limbs. It's known as "marcescence", just like how beech keep theirs over winter. From the pointy lobes looks like it's in the red oak family.

 

[stoveliker]

The above. And I add that it's not only the bottom branches but also younger trees that have a higher tendency to do so.

 

[Eman85]

Pin Oak

Pin Oak: Leaves, Bark, Fruit (Acorn): Pictures, Identification and Growing Guide

Pin Oak: Leaves, Bark, Fruit (Acorn): Pictures, Identification and Growing Guide

leafyplace.com

 

[Doublebogey]

Yep. At my last house two of my neighbors had four very large pin oaks in their yard between them. All the leaves on them blew off slowly through the winter and piled up behind my garage door. When the trees leafed out in the spring they finally pushed the last of the old leaves off for one final deposit behind my house. I hated those trees.

 

[fvhowler]

Particularly young oaks, I've noticed are stubborn about dropping the old leaves. American Beech is the same way.

 

[Woodsplitter67]

The picture is either White, Bur, or Bicolor oak.. Pin oaks hold them to.. but thats not a pin oak for sure

 

[Doublebogey]

I agree. Those are not the leaves of a pin oak. I have certainly seen enough of them.

 

[Hunter8282]

Hoping they are white oak! Good for the deer and turkeys once they start producing. I'll try to get some pics of the new buds and leaves as they come out.

 

[Doublebogey]

Generally speaking white oak has rounded points on the leaf lobes and red oak has pointed ones. Hard to tell from this picture but I am leaning toward red.