Identify tree via bark?

[stuckmotor]

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Nice thing with oak is it smells so nice when you cut it!!

Either our oaks smell different or our noses don't work the same.
Sawed green White Oak smells like dog poop to me.

 

[Oaktree]

Either our oaks smell different or our noses don't work the same.
Sawed green White Oak smells like dog poop to me.

I'll go with the former. No white oak here, just red. And for all I know the red oak here is different from red oak in other parts of the country. Ours smells nice.
Someone gave me some willow many years ago and that really stunk.

 

[RalphVa]

Contact your extension office. Ours has one little booklet for IDing trees by bark and another booklet for IDing them by leaves. Free.

 

[stuckmotor]

I'll go with the former. No white oak here, just red. And for all I know the red oak here is different from red oak in other parts of the country. Ours smells nice.
Someone gave me some willow many years ago and that really stunk.

I've tried to identify oaks by their leaves and found some that had characteristics of more than one type of oak. If anyone can tell me whether cross breading among oaks is common, I'd appreciate the information.

 

[thclimer]

I've tried to identify oaks by their leaves and found some that had characteristics of more than one type of oak. If anyone can tell me whether cross breading among oaks is common, I'd appreciate the information.

Oh my yes, they certainly do dross bread (hyberdize).

The following video is about an hour long but it will describe the number of vairiations of oaks just in New England and just how difficult they can be to identify:

 

[stuckmotor]

Oh my yes, they certainly do dross bread (hyberdize).

The following video is about an hour long but it will describe the number of vairiations of oaks just in New England and just how difficult they can be to identify:

Thank you. The video appears to be exactly what I need to see.

 

[stuckmotor]

thclimer,
Along with hybridization, the presentation explained many things I've observed about oaks over the years.
Thanks again,
Stuck

 

[Richard]

Not had time to deal with these fallen trees but have a question....

if they are cut to logs and taken out to be sawn.... would there be any merit in cutting them in 8' lenghts.... 12' lengths... 15' lenghs?

I know a board foot is a board foot.....BUT, these are long and clean so getting a 12' clean board is more difficult perhaps than an 8' clean board. We'll have means of transporting them to someone (handful at a time type thing) so my question is, would there be higher value cutting them longer or not?

I'd hate to cut things to say, 10' lenghts only to find out I could have gotten 20% more (made up the number) had I made them 15' lengths.

 

[JJT]

If they were my trees, I'd cut them all to 9' and have them milled to random/max width with a thickness of 5/4" . 9' logs yield 8' boards and are way easier to handle than longer logs. 5/4 boards make nice furniture and shelves.

 

[2manyrocks]

Call the sawmill and ask them about what lengths to cut. My local mill told me if I was hauling a log to them on my 16' utility trailer that has sides to put a chain under the log before loading it so they can get it off my trailer without tearing it up. Apparently, my local mill only has forks to unload--no grapple.