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Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:26 am
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
3130 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:26 am
Neighborhood has tree’s down everywhere, cut by power companies and laying by the roads. Was thinking this one might be ash. Coworker thinks sweet gum. Tree ID app says white oak

Little help from the OB on this begore i waste a sharp chain potentially on a sweet gum
TIA



FWIW no branches attached to these pcs in pic so no chance to tell from leaves
This post was edited on 10/17/24 at 11:28 am
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84443 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:27 am to
The leaves are 100% not sweetgum. They are an oak and do look like white oak.
Posted by White Bear
Yonnygo
Member since Jul 2014
16396 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:28 am to
Post oak or related.
Posted by AUTimbo
Member since Sep 2011
3130 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:31 am to
quote:

They are an oak and do look like white oak.


Most of the white oaks I’m used to seeing are of the shaggy bark variety, kinda like a shag bark hickory for lack of a better reference
Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
84443 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:32 am to
They do vary some.

Are the trunks in front the same tree as the branches with leaves?
Posted by gumbodawg
Baton rouge
Member since Dec 2003
410 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:33 am to
Looks like Shumard oak
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5426 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:34 am to
quote:

white oak.
Posted by Catahoula20LSU
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2011
2577 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:40 am to
Leaves are white oak variety
Posted by DaFreakinFarmer
Member since Feb 2011
69 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:41 am to
quote:

They are an oak and do look like white oak.


It's definitely one of the white oaks. White oaks have rounded leaves, red oaks have pointed leaves. All oaks are one or the other. It's not what most people refer to as a white oak (Quercus alba), but it's a white oak of some other species. For example, a live oak is technically a white oak, and a water oak is technically a red oak.
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
17000 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:44 am to
Sweetgum tree leaves have points

Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
38340 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:46 am to
quote:

Tree ID app says white oak



When I saw the pic before I read your post I thought white oak. But I am no expert by any stretch of the imagination.
Posted by mudshuvl05
Member since Nov 2023
1779 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 11:47 am to
If the limbs behind it are from the same tree then it is 100% white oak.
Posted by turkish
Member since Aug 2016
2121 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:09 pm to
I see white oak (or post oak) leaves. I see what looks like sweet gum leaves. And I see a pine tree trunk.
Posted by mcpotiger
Missouri
Member since Mar 2005
8219 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:12 pm to
White Oak
Posted by Ron Popeil
Mississippi coast
Member since Nov 2018
836 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:24 pm to
Quercus Stellata
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5426 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:39 pm to
quote:

Quercus Stellata



No sir

Quercus alba all day long
Posted by geauxbrown
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2006
22706 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:42 pm to
Oak
Posted by DaFreakinFarmer
Member since Feb 2011
69 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 12:51 pm to
quote:

Quercus alba all day long


I do not think so.
Posted by Trevaylin
south texas
Member since Feb 2019
8724 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 1:06 pm to
Cut some of the wood and make a fire, if it smells like burning crap its likely a sweet gum/////////////////////////////My bad, I'm thinking about tupelo gum tree
Posted by Ron Cheramie
The Cajun Hedgehog
Member since Aug 2016
5426 posts
Posted on 10/17/24 at 1:13 pm to
That pile of branches with all the leaves is a white oak

If that trunk is the same tree as the pile of branches then it too is a white oak
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