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Post by btexpress on Oct 27, 2007 19:31:16 GMT -4
What kind of tree did these come from? I found them on SGL82 in Somerset County. I've never seen them before.
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Post by mauserman on Oct 29, 2007 17:50:59 GMT -4
From the looks of the picture I'd say they be hazel nuts...... I've got some trees planted here but they aren't producing yet.. PGC passes them out to the farmers to plant. MM
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Post by btexpress on Oct 29, 2007 19:23:20 GMT -4
I know they're not hazelnuts. It is some kind of oak. These are acorns.
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Post by beauregard on Dec 31, 2007 16:11:01 GMT -4
Not positive but thinking maybe chinkapin oak?
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Post by beenthere on Jan 1, 2008 18:27:55 GMT -4
I don't think it is a chinkapin, at least not based on this link. www.extension.iastate.edu/pages/tree/chin-oak.htmlMy guess would a mossy-cup oak or turkey oak. "Turkey Oak Turkey Oak is a native of southern Europe but has become naturalised in the UK. It was first planted by W. Lucombe, a nurseryman from Exeter, in 1735. It grows fast and makes a handsome tree. However, the wood splits and cracks easily so is of little value. Another alternative name is Wainscot Oak, referring to its use in making wooden panelling. It is also used as a rootstock for grafting other species of oak. The leaves are rather leathery compared to Pedunculate Oak and Sessile Oak and are generally longer and narrower too. In fact, Turkey Oak is almost semi-evergreen with leaves being present throughout the winter at Keele. A significant number of leaves have the middle lobes missing, giving an almost bare bit of midrib, creating almost a dumbbell shape. Very distinctive of this oak. One useful feature in identifying Turkey Oak is the presence of "whiskers" around the leaf bud (see photo on the left). These are not present in the other species of oak at Keele. The other character concerns the acorn cup for this too is covered in tiny whiskers, leading to its alternative name of Mossy Cup Oak."
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Post by btexpress on Jan 1, 2008 18:50:27 GMT -4
Now I'm thinking it's a sawtooth oak.
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Post by beenthere on Jan 1, 2008 19:43:09 GMT -4
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Post by btexpress on Jan 1, 2008 20:46:29 GMT -4
That's definately it. On the gamelands, there are two areas where these oaks are. One area is more mature than the other. I believe they were planted by the game commission.
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Post by skwirl on Jan 1, 2008 20:57:50 GMT -4
Are they overbrowsed is there an understory ;D ;D ;D ;D
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