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Oak ID please

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  1. SD Steve

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    So, I picked up about 1/2 a cord of Oak from a guy near me. I can tell it's Oak, it's heavy. But what species, he says he gets it out of Minnesota , just curious.
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    I'm guessing white or bur oak....
     
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    Looks in white oak family.
     
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    I'll go with bur oak. That's got to be the toughest in the white oak group, taking on the frigid winters and high winds of the upper Midwest and plains states.
     
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    Got me on this one. Its an oak for sure...maybe in the white oak family as stated.
     
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    Too bad I don't have a sample of the leaves... that might help
     
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    Looks like the Bur Oak we have around here.
     
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    Bur which is in the white oak family.
     
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    X4 on Burr oak... Its a rare scrounge but I've gotten it twice good stuff... :thumbs:
     
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    Yes, burr oak is good stuff. We don't have any that I know of around here but maybe 40-50 miles from there is plenty. There is even a village in MI by the name of Burr Oak.
     
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    to me the bark looks black oak
     
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    Looks like the Burr oak that is alllllll over in my county. We burn 3 cords a year of it
     
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