Wood fairy stopped by

[Smokyjeff1]

I have a buddy in the tree business that I barter with.He dropped off a nice load of what appears to be white oak.This will be cut up and split once the weather cools a little.It was dropped about 30' from my wood pile.Good to have friends in the business!

 

[TreePointer]

Very nice score.

 

[Woody5506]

are you sure that's white oak?

 

[WoodyIsGoody]

are you sure that's white oak?

Looks like it might be a red oak?

 

[Smokyjeff1]

are you sure that's white oak?

No I'm not sure.The bark is pretty shaggy.

 

[TreePointer]

Leaves look to have typical oak shape with rounded (not pointed) lobes and shaggy bark. Definitely a white oak.

 

[Smokyjeff1]

Leaves look to have typical oak shape with rounded (not pointed) lobes and shaggy bark. Definitely a white oak.

Correct... I spoke with the wood fairy himself and that's what he said. It is indeed white oak .

 

[Catfish Hunter]

Correct... I spoke with the wood fairy himself and that's what he said. It is indeed white oak .

I agree definitely white oak. Very nice!


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[Woody5506]

Very cool. I never get oak so I'm a total noob in identifying it, in fact I overlooked the most obvious part of that picture, which is the leaves. I didn't know it had bark that shaggy, I would've assumed a more rigid pattern.

 

[SeanBB]

It is white oak. Definitely oak leaves but the bark is a bit unusual so I looked here:

(broken link removed to http://treebarkid.com/index.php/white-oak-group)

 

[Catfish Hunter]

Another one I saw that can be tricky with no leaves is aspen and young red oak. Both have rough bark that transitions smooth up the trunk. Kind of interesting


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[TreePointer]

Around here, most oaks are red oaks. This is especially true in urban/suburban areas that have many pin oaks (a particular type of red oak) and some northern red oaks. None of these red oaks have shaggy bark, so when white oak is encountered, I'm not surprised when people question it. I've taken more than one student on a nature hike who saw white oak bark and claimed it was a shagbark hickory.