I need some help from my smarter than me friends. This is a tree we got from the home site place. It is a big sand ridge. What species of red oak is it? Not a very big heart in it...
The cherrybark that I've seen usually has a big heart and the bark is different, I think. I have one next to the wood yard.
They don’t get very large. I’ve cut a few off my property to open trails- the sapwood rots quick with all the summer rain and humidity the limbs end up with just pith wood which is rock hard. It’s a decent mid grade oak not something for an overnight load
The most diagnostic feature would be the acorns if you can find some. Leaves and bark are pretty variable among many oaks.
Hit's far wood oak, dang hit! Otter dan curiosity sakw, hit don't makes no dang difference wat kind o' oak hit tis. Cuts it, splits hit, stacks hit, lets hit dry, den burns hit! Sides dat, we all knows wat curiosity dun to da cat so you's be careful bout dat curiosity thang!
I think you are correct on the black jack oak. Started splitting it and the knots would pull out, leaving a black very hard stem. I know it's way heavier than the post oak.
