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Oak Identification
Posted on 10/27/22 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 10/27/22 at 8:42 pm
Location NW Louisiana
Large acorns…
Not a white oak IMO because of the bark and leaf, but bigger acorns then a standard “pin oak”.



Large acorns…

Not a white oak IMO because of the bark and leaf, but bigger acorns then a standard “pin oak”.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 8:56 pm to bobdylan
Shumard
This post was edited on 10/27/22 at 9:08 pm
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:08 pm to Clyde Tipton
Looks like a black oak to me.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 9:53 pm to Clyde Tipton
Looks like Quercus shumardii.
FYI pin oak does not exist on Louisiana.
FYI pin oak does not exist on Louisiana.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:00 pm to REB BEER
“Pin oak does not exist in Louisiana “
True.All my life people around here,my family called water oaks pin oaks.Don’t know why.
True.All my life people around here,my family called water oaks pin oaks.Don’t know why.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:02 pm to LSUA 75
Same. Always heard them called pin oaks. In my head I still think of them as pin oaks although I know they are water oaks.
Posted on 10/27/22 at 11:04 pm to TigerDeacon
Hence the quotation. Water oak is our most common where I hunt.
Posted on 10/28/22 at 9:47 am to ChadJones4Heisman
Is there another common name for shumard? Never heard that.
Posted on 10/28/22 at 10:27 am to Sparetime
I’m used to a shimmed having deeper lobes on the leaves and more symmetrical than the photo shows. Either the photo is misleading or that’s a nuttall or a hybrid.
ETA: looked closer. It’s a shumard.
ETA: looked closer. It’s a shumard.
This post was edited on 10/28/22 at 10:30 am
Posted on 10/28/22 at 11:20 am to Clyde Tipton
Posted on 10/28/22 at 11:34 am to ForLSU56
Shumard has the big leaves like Cherry bark oak etc but has the bark of a water oak.
Posted on 10/28/22 at 2:48 pm to Sparetime
quote:
shumard old as hell
It on the AC Steere Elementary school grounds in Shreveport. The school was built in 1929 making the school 93 years old. I'm assuming this was planted not too long after.
Posted on 10/28/22 at 6:25 pm to Clyde Tipton
The champion Shumard is in E Feliciana. She big though. Don’t think over ever seen one in the woods, prob easily mistaken for cherry bark though.
Posted on 10/28/22 at 7:31 pm to TigerDeacon
I am confused now.
I have always referred to pin oaks and water oaks being two completely different things. But, I looked up the range map of pin oaks after seeing this thread and indeed, the range map for pin oaks does not go as far south as Louisiana, as y’all have described. I have always thought the below photos were them two.
Pin oak
Water oak
So what are these two called?
I have always referred to pin oaks and water oaks being two completely different things. But, I looked up the range map of pin oaks after seeing this thread and indeed, the range map for pin oaks does not go as far south as Louisiana, as y’all have described. I have always thought the below photos were them two.

Pin oak

Water oak
So what are these two called?
Posted on 10/28/22 at 7:53 pm to BurrowLover19
A willow oak is called “pin oak”, your pic the bottom is likely water oak top
. There’s a few that look like a water oak too.

Posted on 10/28/22 at 8:01 pm to BurrowLover19
Top one looks like cherry bark oak, bottom one is water oak
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