I'm posting pictures of oak and maple trees that I would like to know more about. The acorns tell me which ones are oaks. That may tell you how clueless I am. I'll post the tree and the next picture below it will be a close up of its leaves.
Here are two oaks close together. I don't feel like that are the same species.
The front tree's oak leaves are changing color first and its acorns are smaller. I planted both of them 28 years ago from a small pot that I could hold in one hand .
Here's a closeup of the leaves from the first tree.
#2 tree is the second tree in the first picture. Here are its leaves up close.
#3 tree is multi-trunked.
Close-up of #3 leaves.
#4 tree grew near my pond on its own.
Close-up of #4's leaves.
#5 tree grew on it's own next to my pond as well.
Close up of #5's leaves.
#6 tree are several little trees growing together. This tree(s) disappoint me because they haven't had a good showing of leaves. They never really put on a full canopy of leaves for the past few years. Most of what leaves it did grow seemed to stay a reddish color.
Close-up of #6's leaves.
#7 tree is some kind of oak and is a volunteer just like 4,5 and 6.
Close-up of #7's leaves.
#8 is maybe a multi-trunk maple of some kind. It's a volunteer too. If you notice in the picture, there is a small oak sapling growing at the base of this tree. I think I should dig that little oak up and move it. What do y'all think?
Close-up of #8's leaves.
May I get y'all to help me on two more? I counted wrong, there's more than eight trees I need help with. Some may be all the same kind?
Here's #9 oak
Close up of #9's leaves.
#10 is a little sapling oak that is another volunteer at the pond. I wonder how tall it will get? It's growing under power lines. You can see it in the background of the picture for tree #9 in the above post.
Close up of #10's leaves.
I appreciate y'all looking at my trees.
Deborah
#1 looks like Shumard oak
#2 looks like White oak
#3 is a Silver maple
#'s 4,5,6, and 8 are all Red maple
#9 & 10 are Water oak
#7 is most likely Water oak too.
My guesses were the same except I thought #1 might be a Pin Oak, and #7 a Georgia Oak, Quercus georgiana. Not sure at all, escambiaguy's probably right.
And I had no idea about #6, 9, 10!
Here's a good key for Oaks in the eastern U.S., BIG pdf :
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/pdf/forestservice/guides/native-oaks2003.pdf
I got a Ga. native tree book just for you girlfriend!
I'm so excited! Finally I can say I've got trees with names!
Anyone know why my #6 tree doesn't fully leaf out?
#1 - Pin Oak (Quercus palustris) notice the lower "skirt" of downward pointing branches, the tapering lobes on most of the leaves, the wider more open sinuses, the recurved leaf bases, and the more oblong shaped leaves. Acorns would clinch the ID. Short, fat and squatty with thin flat cap= Pin Oak
#2 - White Oak (Q. alba)
#3 - Silver Maple (Acer Saccharinum)
#4, #5, #6, & #8 - Red Maple (Acer rubrum)
#7, #9, & #10 - Water Oak (Q. nigra)
I do often get Pin oak and Shumard oak confused. Pin oak is not native to the southeast, but since it was planted, it's possible that's what it is.
#7 looks like it could be a Q.nigra x falcata hybrid. It's very hard to tell because the leaves on young water oaks vary so much.
I'm amazed you guys can pick tree names off like that. I can spot a maple or an oak but narrowing down oaks isn't that easy. Maples are easier.
They amaze me too! Naming them in person where you can see and touch, but from a picture! They're goood and know their stuff (trees).
#1 is not black oak? #9 is not blackjack oak ? ; i only got #2 white oak and knew some
were red maples, #3 after a second look is silver maple.
Cordele, can you show a picture of the acorns on tree #1?
Sure, Here's a picture of a branch and acorns from tree #1.
Pin Oak / Quercus palustris it is
Yeah, if it were Shumard oak the acorns would be a little larger with deeper cups.
Yours looks good though. Most Pin oaks I see planted in the lower south have leaf scorch problems.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to study my photos and helping me solve a 28 year old mystery. Now I feel I can collect acorns and try to plant more of the same around my property.
Your #2 tree (white oak) is one of the best oaks. If I were going to plant any acorns, it would definitely be from that tree. White oak acorns germinate in the fall, so you would need to plant those immediately, and then put a cage over them to protect from squirrels.
Escambiaguy, I was just about to post my findings! When I went to collect acorns for the picture, I walked over to the white oak and picked up some acorns. They weren't covered up. Just laying in the centipede lawn. Some had already split and had little tails sticking out. I put those in a pot.
I won't bother with the others then. I'll just find some good spots to plant the white oaks. Would I cover the acorn completely with soil?
Thanks. Also, I noticed the leaves are still green on the white oak. It's obviously a late fall leaf dropper.
Cover them completely with about a half inch of soil. If they're already sprouting, point the sprout downward. White oaks are kinda slow growing, but they are one of the strongest and longest lived oaks.
I wouldn't waste time planting any Water oak acorns, they self seed on their own just fine. Water oak is one of the most common oaks in the south, too common in some areas.
