GoldenTriangleIL
5 year old buck +
There is a lot of SWO in that tree, bark and acorn size looks a little more "burr-ish." Nice find.
Oak id please
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j-bird
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The long stem on the acorn screams SWO. I have several of these around that I have collected from town and planted as well. I just figured they where SWO. The caps don't wrap around the acorn like most bur oaks do. The tree bark reminds me a lot of burr as well as SWO as well. In any case I don't think it has any chink in it. Chinks have more of a point on their leaves and the acorns are pretty small (like the size of your thumb nail). In any case it's a white oak family member of some sort.... I will have to do some digging on the concordia oak as I am not familiar with them. The trees I got mine from where all planted as well (strip malls, parking lot islands) and the like.
I am so grateful you are back, I have missed your humor and knowledge, I know life gets rough.
j-bird
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I just had to put more effort into other priorities for a while was all. I love the deer habitat and hunting....but it does fall short when it comes to the kids and family and the like.
Good luck with your new acorns....
Teeder
5 year old buck +
Either way.
I like the looks of the tree and look forward to growing some.
I would be very happy with that. This tree is one of five planted in a row, but the only one with large acorns. I need to go back and look at the other four.
Teeder
5 year old buck +
Something else to consider is there likely aren't any F1 or maybe no F2 concordia hybrids, since the one parent tree and surrounding F1 hybrids were cut down years (decades) ago. This could very well be a F3 or F4, which would show other characteristics to what it was pollinated with. It could be a concordia crossed back to a swo ( my guess) or possibly a bur. I don't think we'll ever know. I would like to see more comparison pictures to the other swo's in the area.
The article I read stated the concordia had long peduncles, which makes sense since it's half swo.
The article I read stated the concordia had long peduncles, which makes sense since it's half swo.
Attached are sites (utubes 2018, 2021, 2022) with photos of 3 Concordia oak trees growing in the front yard of the poster; please note the shape of the leaves on the 3 trees and the bark on the trunks. Helps us to appreciate the difficulty in accurately ID'ing an oak when we have limited information. Only real way is through genetic testing or real clear knowledge about the parentage of the tree. However, it is fun to speculate.
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Tree no.1 (original tree in the post) top left, tree no.3 top right
