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Interesting Oak
« on: July 15, 2007, 10:21:05 pm »
I was over near Stone Mountain earlier this week, and I came across a pretty neat little oak that I've yet to see anywhere else in the world.  Anyone know what it is :P?

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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #1 on: July 15, 2007, 10:41:21 pm »
Deciduous?


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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #2 on: July 15, 2007, 10:45:03 pm »
nuttall?
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2007, 06:15:24 am »
Small world, eh? ;)

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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2007, 01:28:25 pm »
Jeff B was playing the odds on that guess :D.  Yes, it's deciduous, but I was hoping for something a little more specific ::).

It's hard to get an idea of scale from that picture, but the leaves are too small to be Nuttall oak.  They're only about 3-4 inches long.  Besides, I've seen Nuttall oak in lotsa places, including one 63" DBh and 130+ feet tall at the White River NWR in SE Arkansas :o.  Unfortunately, no pictures to prove it :(.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2007, 05:42:39 pm »
I'll guess Quercus lyrata.

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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2007, 11:57:17 pm »
Naw, it's a red oak.  Think granite outcrop (ie, Stone Mountain) rather than river bottom.  Haven't heard from you in a while, LL.  Good to see you around again!
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2007, 12:29:13 am »
I bet it is a ............what state are your from anyway, DL ??? ;D.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #8 on: July 17, 2007, 02:18:02 pm »
Same as you!  WDH has picked up the proper scent again.  But then again, with a bloodhound in his picture, he should be able to trail just about anything ;)
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #9 on: July 17, 2007, 05:33:07 pm »
I'm going to say.........hmmm.... smiley_lit_bulb

cherrybark oak  Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2007, 09:57:04 pm »
Can't y'all take a hint ??? ???What state is Dodgy Loner from smiley_huh2.  He just told you it was a red oak.........................If A=B, and B=C, then A MUST = C :D ;D ;D.  Don't y'all remember your geometry ::) :P.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2007, 10:22:22 pm »
It' s an Athens zoo Red Oak growing on Stone mountain. ...in the shade of Lee's hat. :-\
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2007, 11:59:35 pm »
I'm not aware of such an oak, Tom, but the national champion of this species is indeed located in Athens.  Don't worry, WDH, surely somebody around here can think of something a little bit rarer than Nuttall, cherrybark, and overcup oaks...
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #13 on: July 18, 2007, 12:06:59 am »
I don't know, DL ???.  I am a poor clue-giver it seems.  If A=B, and B=C, then A=C doesn't do it, then what is a poor Georgia boy to do when it comes to oaks???
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #14 on: July 18, 2007, 12:46:13 am »
Quercus lyrata   An Overcup oak.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #15 on: July 18, 2007, 12:52:21 am »
Georgia Oak.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2007, 12:57:50 am »
It appears that the boss-man knows how to take a hint! ;D

According to Brown and Kirkman's Trees of Georgia and Adjacent States, Georgia oak (Quercus georgiana) is "restricted to a few localities in the state, primarily associated with granitic outcrops in the Piedmont."  I think Stone Mountain falls under that description ;).
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2007, 06:09:57 am »
You guys never had a trees professor that tested your knowledge with false hints?  ::)

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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2007, 08:07:53 am »
You guys never had a trees professor that tested your knowledge with false hints?  ::)

SD,  I am hurt to think that you think that I would think to give out false hints to this fine group of thinking dendrologists :D.
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Re: Interesting Oak
« Reply #19 on: July 18, 2007, 10:18:52 am »
Yeah, and it took a Georgian to come up with a new species that is a red oak stunted by that granite rock it is trying to grow on.  Shoot, even the lizards carry bottled water on that rock.
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