What is this tree

[Kayla ranger]

i just bought a new construction in October in the DFW area of Texas. The house sits on one acre, the front yard is approximately 60'. I would like to plant a tree or two for shade...preferably a fast growing one. I love this tree but don't know what it is.

Also, I planted two baby silver leaf maple trees and am now regretting it, based on things I have read. Should I pull them up now before they get big?

 

[Zale]

Need a better picture i.e closer up. Yes, destroy the silver maples.

 

[Kayla ranger]

Closer pics...

 

[Woody912]

i just bought a new construction in October in the DFW area of Texas. The house sits on one acre, the front yard is approximately 60'. I would like to plant a tree or two for shade...preferably a fast growing one. I love this tree but don't know what it is.

Also, I planted two baby silver leaf maple trees and am now regretting it, based on things I have read. Should I pull them up now before they get big?

Based on conformation I will start with live oak but need leaves, bark, twigs etc. Especially leaves. Silver maples are a PITA and not very pretty in the fall, above ground roots to deal with as they mature. The various water oaks are pretty fast growers in the south and make a well formed tree but I think a drive around the neighborhood to find something you like and consultation with a local expert would be a good idea

 

[DR. P. Proteus]

Well, its not steer so I am guessing its the other thing.

 

[Carburetorless]

i just bought a new construction in October in the DFW area of Texas. The house sits on one acre, the front yard is approximately 60'. I would like to plant a tree or two for shade...preferably a fast growing one. I love this tree but don't know what it is.

Also, I planted two baby silver leaf maple trees and am now regretting it, based on things I have read. Should I pull them up now before they get big?

Maybe the biggest Mulberry tree in Texas?

 

[acer-kid]

Like mentioned before, a close up of leaves/bark/twigs would be really helpful. That's hard to see. It looks whorled. So my guess is oak. White oak, by the looks of it. English oak, maybe?

 

[Kayla ranger]

Like mentioned before, a close up of leaves/bark/twigs would be really helpful. That's hard to see. It looks whorled. So my guess is oak. White oak, by the looks of it. English oak, maybe?

Here is a pic of a leaf. The tree is on the side of the highway so I had to wait until the next time I drove past for this one.

 

[Woody912]

Here is a pic of a leaf. The tree is on the side of the highway so I had to wait until the next time I drove past for this one. View attachment 420329

Definitely an oak, probably a white oak. Looks a little like a blackjack oak. Most likely slow growing. I'm going to quit there because there a zilliion oaks and they hybridize readily and I'll look really foolish. Some of the local experts will be along shortly to tell you what it is. I have only seen live oaks on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and the leaves don't match

 

[acer-kid]

Not an English oak. I honestly have no idea. My money is still with white oaks. I'm also sure someone with a better knowledge will be by to correct/confirm that.

 

[Seedling345]

Google image search is awesome


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

[Woody912]

Google image search is awesome


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I think it is a blackjack oak although I have seen some variance in the leaves in some of the literature I have checked. I stand corrected about being a white oak, blackjack is a member of the red oak family

 

[acer-kid]

Got me too.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

It's a very very nice blackjack. Warning to the OP: they don't always turn out this nice, usually more sparse and asymmetrical, with lot's of deadwood. Look at cedar elms or water oaks for faster growing good shade trees in your area. And buy trees, not twigs.