White oak?

[Deleted member 135597]

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...jJfMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=Bur+Oak+Acorn&fr=chrf-yff23

https://images.search.yahoo.com/sea...fMQRzZWMDc2M-?p=White+Oak+Acorn&fr=chrf-yff23

Those bur oak acorns look HUGE in the pictures.

 

[angelo c]

Smells good to me. Kind of sweet I would say

Im with Wolfey and "White"
in the wood workers forums they say to "blow into an end"
White Oak will not allow air/water to travel through the pores and red will "wick" water up in it
I guess its gonna have to be a small piece?

 

[Whitespider]

Oh dear lord I'm so confused. One minute I think it's white oak and the next minute I think it's bur oak

Trust me... it ain't Bur Oak... both the bark and leaf are wrong.
It's definitely from the white oak family... but ain't Bur Oak.
Bur Oak has thick, deeply furrowed bark... really thick bark.
And these are Bur Oak leaves... and bark...

 

[Whitespider]

Trust me... I cut a ton of Bur Oak... your pictures ain't of Bur Oak.
When I say I cut a ton of Bur Oak... well... it's more than a ton...

 

[lone wolf]

Trust me... it ain't Bur Oak... both the bark and leaf are wrong.
It's definitely from the white oak family... but ain't Bur Oak.
Bur Oak has thick, deeply furrowed bark... really thick bark.
And these are Bur Oak leaves... and bark...

Good post White Spider about the White Oak said the White Wolf

 

[Whitespider]

Just to add to the confusion......swamp white oak

I think you're on to something.
I just looked checked the natural range of Swamp White Oak, and New Jersey is part of it.
I also brought up some leaf pictures... and they appear to match up with the OP...

 

[lone wolf]

I think you're on to something.
I just looked checked the natural range of Swamp White Oak, and New Jersey is part of it.
I also brought up some leaf pictures... and the appear to match up with the OP...
Here we go

 

[stumpy75]

The bark is very shaggy if that's a good description. At the base its not but maybe a few feet away from the base the bark gets very loose and flaky.

That sure sounds like the swamp white oak we have around here. Leaves look right too. I had pics somewhere that showed exactly that type of bark on a swamp white oak that's used as a tree ID tree in a local park.

 

[Deleted member 135597]

Dude that's a lot of bur oak

Trust me... I cut a ton of Bur Oak... your pictures ain't of Bur Oak.
When I say I cut a ton of Bur Oak... well... it's more than a ton...

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[Deleted member 135597]

With looking at white spiders pictures I think I could rule out bur oak. With other pictures I think the closest match is swamp white oak. Has anyone seen the difference in acorns between swamp and regular white oak?

 

[Whitespider]

We have a few Swamp White Oak around here, mostly in flat semi-boggy areas along river beds, usually mixed in with Pin Oak. I don't see them very often, the Bur Oak is our predominant oak by far (State Tree), followed by the White, Red, and then Black Oak.

I don't normally use acorns for oak identification except in very late summer or fall... they can be deceiving until they mature. Swamp White Oak acorns are not quite as elongated as White Oak acorns... but the best distinction is they're produced in pairs on a longish stalk, whereas the White Oak acorns are produced close to the twig.

White Oak

Swamp White Oak

 

[Oldman47]

Those bur oak acorns look HUGE in the pictures.

They are huge.

 

[Deleted member 135597]

Took some more pics today while I was grabbing some more rounds

 

[Marine5068]

I have lots of those them there White Oaks around me but not too many get cut into firewood. Mostly prized for flooring and furniture making here.
Most of our firewood Oaks are Reds here, but it's definitely a White Oak.