Name that Oak Tree

[Arrowsmith]

This seems to always be a fun topic.

I know the type of Oak pictured because it's pretty common in Southeast Iowa and I have several on our farm.

I never saw one of these in my 64 years in Texas.

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[talleywack97]

Hopefully its not a Poison one

[lovemylegacy]

Nutall Oak? Leaves remind me of a Camphor tree.

Closest I could find is a Shingle Oak. We have very few of those down here.

[AntlerCollector]

I'd name it Billy

[TXHUNT3R]

Shingle Oak

[Wtex]

Nutall or chinkapin

[Burnadell]

I would never have thought that was an Oak, but I have never been to Iowa.

[Arrowsmith]

I would never have thought that was an Oak, but I have never been to Iowa.

Same here until I saw the acorn. I then started researching it. It's a neat tree and grows best near creeks kinda like a Water Oak or Pin Oak.

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[Arrowsmith]

Ok. No correct answers.

It is a Willow Oak.

Willow oaks are no relation to willows but they seem to soak up water in a similar fashion. Where do willow oak trees grow? They thrive in floodplains and near streams or marshes, but the trees are remarkably drought tolerant, too. One of the interesting facts about willow oak trees is their relation to red oaks. They are in the red oak group but do not have the characteristic lobed leaves of the red oaks. Instead, willow oaks have narrow willow-like leaves with a bristle-like hair at the end of the foliage that characterizes them as oaks.


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[monsterspike]

im gonna call it woody, even tho its a female. i think.

[EastTx]

Pretty common in the river and creek bottoms of East Tx. Ducks love the acorns!

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[CSanders]

Sorry to hijack your thread but what kind of oak is this? I couldn’t really find a for sure look alike on google.

[EastTx]

Sorry to hijack your thread but what kind of oak is this? I couldn’t really find a for sure look alike on google.

Water Oak

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[PYBUCK]

I'd call it big nuts.

[McClain]

Ok. No correct answers.

It is a Willow Oak.

Willow oaks are no relation to willows but they seem to soak up water in a similar fashion. Where do willow oak trees grow? They thrive in floodplains and near streams or marshes, but the trees are remarkably drought tolerant, too. One of the interesting facts about willow oak trees is their relation to red oaks. They are in the red oak group but do not have the characteristic lobed leaves of the red oaks. Instead, willow oaks have narrow willow-like leaves with a bristle-like hair at the end of the foliage that characterizes them as oaks.


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I dont think it is a Willow Oak. The leaves are too wide. I believe it might be a laurel oak (Fagaceae Quercus laurifolia).