Oak Tree ID
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Re: Oak Tree ID
Me being the one who does not
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kwaldeier wrote:Me being the one who does not
ah i see
this will help the white oaks are the rounded tips and the red oaks are the sharp tips .......another cool way to remember is in scholl i learn the way to remember is the sharp points on red oaks are like native americans such as arrow heads......the white oak is like the white man with the rounded leaves are like bullets if that makes sence red oak red man ,aroow heads ...white oak white man bullets just another way to rember
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BigHunt wrote:kwaldeier wrote:Me being the one who does not
ah i see
this will help the white oaks are the rounded tips and the red oaks are the sharp tips .......another cool way to remember is in scholl i learn the way to remember is the sharp points on red oaks are like native americans such as arrow heads......the white oak is like the white man with the rounded leaves are like bullets if that makes sence red oak red man ,aroow heads ...white oak white man bullets just another way to rember
Another way building off that is that the caps of red oak acorns are wide and flat like the red mans shield and the white oak acorns are more pointed like white mans bullets.
The first picture is a burr oak. I was watching them drop acorns from my stand all weekend.
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Put a camera overlooking both acorn trees....About 100 yards apart. How did the bur Oaks work for ya this week Backwoods?
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I saw deer browsing can't say for sure what they were eating though. Far as I'm aware they don't eat hickory nuts but the hickories were dropping too. I THOUGHT there were white oaks in the area but most of my scouting/stand hanging showed the whites to actually be burr oaks. The one I watched dropping was a tiny tree with quite a few acorns but they were dropping into chest high marsh grass not getting eaten. If you can find white oaks that will be the ticket. Red oaks have some sort of acid in the acorn the deer will browse on them but definitely eat far less than they will of white oaks. I really don't know how they care for burr oaks. I just know whites are the best.
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BackWoodsHunter is correct. That is a Bur oak. It is a variety of white oak that like wetter area's than most white oaks.
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Yep, I don't see the deer feed on them the way they eat normal white oaks though. I think they are more closely related to the swamp white oak but are all varieties of white oak. I have seen cross breeds of swamp white and burr oak in nursery's before.
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This should help.
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I use the same way to remember it as bighunt and backwoods mentioned, and I'll add another thing to it for you guys..
Burr oaks have a large mitten looking thing on the top of the leaf, which is what you wear when its cold (cold=burr). Also, the acorns have the "fur" on them..again, for the cold...
Burr oaks have a large mitten looking thing on the top of the leaf, which is what you wear when its cold (cold=burr). Also, the acorns have the "fur" on them..again, for the cold...
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DEERSLAYER wrote:BackWoodsHunter is correct. That is a Bur oak. It is a variety of white oak that like wetter area's than most white oaks.
Just to be clear, I was referring to to the top two photo's.
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Ill be sitting underneath a white oak that has acorns in a few hours. Butts up against a marsh and standing corn field.
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