Post?

I know it’s around here but can anyone confirm this is post oak? I personally feel it’s always hard to tell it apart from some white oak.

 

Post oak will have a lot of small knots in the wood. Not big knots, just a bunch from all the small lateral branches a post oak has when young. First pic of round makes me say yes and trunk pic gives me doubt. It doesn’t look like white.

 

I know it’s oak for sure. Possibly bear oak if not post?

 

You mean Burr oak? That's another white oak species.

 

No I meant bear. I did forget about Burr though to be honest. Maybe that’s it?

 

What does the split smell like? Do all white oak sub species have the whiskey smell?

 

Ah. I looked it up. Scrub oak is bear oak. Never heard of bear oak before.

 

all the oaks in my woods are bare!

 

Non-existent, even. Like some bad Brad guy with a saw or 6 cut them all down.

 

No distinctive smell but the log is close to two years old

 

Not for long! Haha

 

In my experience no. Ive had some post and burr that smelt like red but not as strong.