Can U identify this oak tree please

[Angus 1895]

I was walking around on my day off in carnation Washington and I found this tree with sprouting acorns all around it!

I feel like a lucky Dawg!

hopefully they can survive zone 5 A cuz I am taking a bunch home!

thanks in advance
john

 

[b116757]

Just a guess but maybe cherrybark oak

 

[Angus 1895]

Looks like you are on to it.

unfotunately it needs zone 6

 

[Angus 1895]

I expanded the photos, I am pretty sure this is pin oak?

 

[b116757]

I expanded the photos, I am pretty sure this is pin oak?

Acorns didn’t seem right to me for Pin oak but it’s really tough to tell from photos.

 

[b116757]

How big are the acorns?

 

[White Birch Farm]

Not Pin. Probably Black.

 

[Buckly]

At first I thought pin oak but, the leaves and the acorn evidence seems to point more to the cherry bark oak.

 

[Angus 1895]

I tend to believe it’s pin oak for the reason that it’s an ornamental tree near Seattle.

my studies show the pin oak is the most common ornamental oak used, I haven’t heard of any cherry bark oaks for sale by landscaping businesses.

so hopefully they will be able to thrive in zone 5A

 

[weekender21]

Looks like a black oak.


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[Angus 1895]

The bark is light. Colored?

 

[Angus 1895]

Expanded leaf photo

 

[Wind Gypsy]

The bark throws me off.

 

[momark]

Does not look at all like a black oak to me. Without seeing them in person I would guess cherrybark oak.

 

[Angus 1895]

Can cherry bark grow in zone 5?

the tree is young appearing not very big. How young does pin oak produce acorns?

 

[Angus 1895]

I am rethinking this through.

I think it’s a young black oak!

the leaves are not conducive to cherry bark. Or pin oak.

the older bark pattern looks like black oak!

 

[Hoytvectrix]

The latest bark photos look like a black oak to me. The lobes on leaves look a little too deep for it to be a black oak, in my opinion. But with an ornamental variety, there are definitely differences between them and the wild types you might find in the woods.

How about Northern Pin Oak?

 

[Angus 1895]

Pin oaks have hairs in the mid veins under leaf?

 

[Angus 1895]

At approximately 48 inches above ground tree is 36 inches in diameter

 

[OakSeeds]

Just wondering; is you diameter estimate a little high? ...... 36 inches X 3.5 would be a red oak approximately 126 yrs old

How do you measure the diameter of a tree trunk?



Find the tree's circumference with a measuring tape and divide by pi (3.14) . Just wrap a common measuring tape all the way around the middle of the tree at DBH (4.5'in U.S.). Record the circumference at the point where the two ends of the tape meet. Then, all you need to do to calculate the diameter is divide that number by pi (3.1416).

TREE FORMULA GIVES ESTIMATE OF OAK'S AGE​

By PERNELL WATSON AND ELIZABETH JOINES Daily Press
DailyPress.com June 20, 1998

We received several inquiries about the June 1 Answer Desk on estimating the age of an oak tree using its trunk measurement.
The formula, from a publication of the International Society of Arborculture is as follows:

Figure the tree's circumference, in inches, by measuring the trunk 4.5 feet above the ground. Divide this number by pi, roughly 3.14, to get the diameter. Multiply the diameter by 5.0 if it is a white oak. If the tree is a pin oak or red oak, multiply the diameter by 3.5. The result is the approximate age in years.
We stress that this is an estimate - not an exact way of measuring a tree's age.

Many factors have to be evaluated to reach the accurate age of standing trees, according to Bill Apperson, Virginia Department of Forestry. Different species of trees naturally grow at different rates. Usually the same species of tree will grow at about the same rate as long as all other factors are the same, such as environment, fertilizer, water.
It's best to get an expert to determine the age of a tree accurately, Apperson said. For free advice about trees, call the Virginia Department of Forestry in Williamsburg at (757) 564-9380.