Author Topic: Interesting Oak (Read 2504 times)

Dodgy Loner · « **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

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Jeff · « **Reply #1 on:** July 15, 2007, 10:41:21 pm »

Deciduous?

Texas Ranger · « **Reply #2 on:** July 15, 2007, 10:45:03 pm »

nuttall?

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #3 on:** July 16, 2007, 06:15:24 am »

Small world, eh?

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #4 on:** July 16, 2007, 01:28:25 pm »

Jeff B was playing the odds on that guess

. Yes, it's deciduous, but I was hoping for something a little more specific

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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

. Unfortunately, no pictures to prove it

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Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #5 on:** July 16, 2007, 05:42:39 pm »

I'll guess Quercus lyrata.

Dodgy Loner · « **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!

WDH · « **Reply #7 on:** July 17, 2007, 12:29:13 am »

I bet it is a ............what state are your from anyway, DL

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Dodgy Loner · « **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

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #9 on:** July 17, 2007, 05:33:07 pm »

I'm going to say.........hmmm....

cherrybark oak Quercus falcata var. pagodifolia

Now go identify my woodlot weeds.

WDH · « **Reply #10 on:** July 17, 2007, 09:57:04 pm »

Can't y'all take a hint

. What state is Dodgy Loner from

. He just told you it was a red oak.........................If A=B, and B=C, then A MUST = C

. Don't y'all remember your geometry

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Tom · « **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. $:-\$

Dodgy Loner · « **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...

WDH · « **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???

Tom · « **Reply #14 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:46:13 am »

Quercus lyrata An Overcup oak.

Jeff · « **Reply #15 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:52:21 am »

Georgia Oak.

Dodgy Loner · « **Reply #16 on:** July 18, 2007, 12:57:50 am »

It appears that the boss-man knows how to take a hint!

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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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #17 on:** July 18, 2007, 06:09:57 am »

You guys never had a trees professor that tested your knowledge with false hints?

WDH · « **Reply #18 on:** July 18, 2007, 08:07:53 am »

Quote from: SwampDonkey on July 18, 2007, 06:09:57 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

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Texas Ranger · « **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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