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giotundo

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White Oak. I can see the medullary rays in the photo, and in Maryland there aren't other oaks that have bark similar to White Oak.
 
Definitely an oak. But which one?
the plates look like black birch or shagbark hickory not white oak.
The white oaks I have here in NY have soft outer bark like white ash.
Its probably something in the white oak group.
 
Yup. Really is white oak.
 
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Really white oak? I was thinking hickory it looks nothing like the other white oaks I have around.
No question about it....White Oak. Not always able to tell from pics, but no doubt this time.
 
Really white oak? I was thinking hickory it looks nothing like the other white oaks I have around.
there are only 38 or so varieties of white oak, and something like 56 varieties of red oak in North America so don't feel to bad.
 
Definitely an oak. But which one?
the plates look like black birch or shagbark hickory not white oak.
The white oaks I have here in NY have soft outer bark like white ash.
Its probably something in the white oak group.
Yeah, toward the base of the trunk, but if you look farther up, the bark becomes scaly, sometimes looking almost like Shagbark.
there are only 38 or so varieties of white oak, and something like 56 varieties of red oak in North America so don't feel to bad.
On this one, I'm going Quercus Alba, 100%. ==c
 
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