Oak for ID - Tennessee

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 26, 2016

An oak posted on another forum for ID, I'm stuck with it. Anyone else any thoughts, please?

http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=328331
(replies by 'Nutcracker' are mine)

Resin

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jul 27, 2016

Your online friend is entirely too frugal with images!

I would want to not only see tops/bottoms of several leaves (with some kind of scale, though maybe those are 6" deck boards under the latest image), but also a branch with leaves clustered on it, closeups of buds, and maybe an historical image of the tree before it was dismembered (if he's got one).

Does he know if it ever has any appreciable fall color? What sort of soils is it growing on (texture, pH range, moisture levels)? Does he know the general plant communities of the area, and the oak species composition thereof? Sometimes, proxy data can point in a good direction.

With no more information than has been given, you are about as close to an answer as might be expected. Both those species (but also quite a few more in the Red Oak group) will be found in the Nashville region, and they likely can all cross with each other.

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 28, 2016

Thanks! I've forwarded your response :-)

Resin

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quercusnut Christiana, TN(Zone 7a) Aug 27, 2016

Northern Red? Q. rubra?

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Aug 28, 2016

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Northern Red? Q. rubra?


Doesn't have the pubescence in the vein axils ;-)

Resin

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 29, 2016

What i think is northern red, old pic. Pa. There are other red oaks in Tn- east Tn or west Tn?

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 29, 2016

Looks more like a Southern Red oak in form, tho some of those leaves in the higher scan show a Turkey oak shape- deep lobes.

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 29, 2016

Looks more like a Southern Red oak in form

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kittriana Magnolia, TX(Zone 9a) Aug 29, 2016

? Odd

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