I'm tied up with work. I'll try to go there tomorrow or on Saturday and cut a twig to see what's inside. It's on a mowed slope so it would be hard to find any nuts or husks.
Welcome to the club, lots of great folks here sharing knowledge and humor...ane we love pictures and helping you on toys...err...tools you didn't know you needed before... Looks like a young hickory to me, as well. This is a great app for ID'ing plants... PictureThis - Instantly identify your plants PictureThis - Plant Identifier App | Plant Identification Online
Thanks for the welcome back. I know it's been a few years since I've been around. We actually joined here close to the same time.
Looks like hickory, shagbark variety IMO Welcome to the FHC Bernie Great to have you. We're the dysfunctional family you'll wanna be part of!
I was checking on some flowering American chestnuts today and came across more bear oak. Shrub sized oaks make shrub sized acorns. I assume they’re like anything else in the red oak family, meaning the acorns take 2 years to develop as opposed to white oaks whose acorns mature within one growing season.
Oaks are promiscuous LOL. I came across 2 of these tonight. It’s a hybrid between white and chestnut oak. The bark looks more or less like white oak, even balding in spots like white oak does, although its a bit more blocky like chestnut oak. As you look up the trunk though, the pattern continues unlike white oak which has a more smooth/shaggy appearance the higher you get. The leaves are even more telling. It’s hard to tell from the blurry pictures but it’s a perfect blend of white and chestnut oak. Both species are nearby in abundance. The leaves, isolated: I learned something new myself today. This relatively common naturally-occurring hybrid is called a Saul Oak: https://scholarship.richmond.edu/cg...cle=1131&context=biology-faculty-publications Last winter I cut some white oak a mile from here that was brown like chestnut oak and had a similar smell like it too. I'm willing to bet it was another hybrid.
Interesting. The leaf shape is unusual in the last pic. Kinda woulda had me scratching my head and posting a thread on it.
You know me, things like this drive me nuts I knew right away it was a hybrid in the white oak family, and knew there are only 2 kinds of parent trees close by that could've produced it, so I lucked out on this one.
Here's one I got tripped up on recently: Catalpa vs. Paulownia (princess tree) which is non-native to North America but getting a strong foothold here nonetheless. The leaves are very similar. Here's a good comparison if you're ever unsure: Distinguishing Catalpa from Paulownia Trees in the Falls Lake Area
Thats interesting. I can spot the catalpas all the time. Im sure ive seen a Paulownia, but just dont know where. Another tree to watch for now when i'm driving! Thanks for the education.
2 years later and I believe the mystree is solved ~ Katsura. I remember those little "banana" seeds from a couple different members' posts. Katsura tree | The Morton Arboretum
