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Help, what kind of tree is this?
Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:43 pm
Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:43 pm
There are several of these trees around a friends neighborhood and I’m curious on what type of tree it is. Looks kind of like an oak tree, but it definitely does not seem like a live oak to me. Live oaks tend to spread with large branches in multiple directions, while this tree is more of a single leading trunk with smaller branches coming off of single trunk all the way up. Also the bark looks different than a live oak bark.
I have some small shummard oak trees and the leaves look slightly different than these trees also so I didn’t think they were shummards. Any help would be appreciated. I would like to put gas and plant one of these if I could identify what it is called.
I have some small shummard oak trees and the leaves look slightly different than these trees also so I didn’t think they were shummards. Any help would be appreciated. I would like to put gas and plant one of these if I could identify what it is called.
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Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:48 pm to Ron Cheramie
Are you sure?
Is it an evergreen?
Is it an evergreen?
Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:58 pm to Ron Cheramie
Yep. And OP, I wouldn't plant one of those.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:58 pm to Ron Cheramie
quote:
Water oak
My mom has two 40 yr old ones in her yard. They’re always shedding twigs, and the squirrels make a mess out of them. Lots of good shade though.
Neighbor got a Willow Oak 12 years ago. I would get one of those.
This post was edited on 4/21/18 at 1:03 pm
Posted on 4/21/18 at 12:59 pm to Cow Drogo
Sure. It's not evergreen but holds its leaves long into winter. Tardilly deciduous is the term
Terrible tree for the yard. Limbs drop all the time. I have four I wish I didn't have
Terrible tree for the yard. Limbs drop all the time. I have four I wish I didn't have
Posted on 4/21/18 at 1:00 pm to Ron Cheramie
quote:
Water oak
Posted on 4/21/18 at 1:02 pm to mdomingue
quote:
Water oak
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:01 pm to Ron Cheramie
Do drake elms make as much of a mess?
Posted on 4/21/18 at 3:07 pm to Cow Drogo
I don't believe they do at all. I have 4 of them that i recently planted. They hold their leaves most of the year, but when they do drop, they're so small they almost disappear in the grass anyways.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 5:57 pm to RedBeardBaw
I’m on the fence between drake elm and some kind of oak
It’s for a front yard 90 wise by 90 deep
It’s for a front yard 90 wise by 90 deep
Posted on 4/21/18 at 6:01 pm to Cow Drogo
Posted on 4/21/18 at 6:05 pm to HollyWoodCole
Drake elms grow fast and do not get terribly big.
They drop seed pods that can sprout up frequently, but I like them and Shumards too.
They drop seed pods that can sprout up frequently, but I like them and Shumards too.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 6:39 pm to Ron Cheramie
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Terrible tree for the yard. Limbs drop all the time. I have four I wish I didn't have
I feel your pain, but I've got the full house...3 water oaks, and 2 pecans. I could build a new tree after every thunderstorm between those 5 trees.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 7:53 pm to Cow Drogo
Set you a lock on downwind and be in it before sunrise in the fall with sting and string
Posted on 4/21/18 at 8:14 pm to Cowboyfan89
Two pecan trees? Is anything worse than pecan trees?
Posted on 4/21/18 at 8:19 pm to rattlebucket
Water oak. They are lousy trees. Wish I could get rid of all of mine. Give me white, red, post, or chestnut oaks, but the hell with water oaks.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 8:32 pm to Cow Drogo
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Do drake elms make as much of a mess?
Not at all. They're great.
Posted on 4/21/18 at 9:42 pm to Cow Drogo
A tree that has already started rotting out from the middle 
Posted on 4/21/18 at 9:57 pm to Cow Drogo
I hate shite trees, and drake elms seem to be the bradford pear of the 2010's.
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