Acorn Identification!!

[Trevor2]

Seems more and more ppl are confusing different types of acorns. I made the comment to my cousin the other day that "can you not look up and tell the difference in a white oak and red oak"? Felt like a moron when he told me yes but there are so many oaks (reds and whites) in his area he hunts that there both types of acorns laying under each tree lol
So who has some pics of acorns and identification just for fun?

 

[Pic IN the Casa]

Va Tech Tree Fact Sheets

Good site for such a debate.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

There are 3 different trees in the red oak, and 2 different trees in the white oak family just on one of my places so it is critical to know identification of each tree if your a hunter. For example, in the red oaks, I have both northern red and southern red. If you have a good working knowledge of latin names it is easy to tell between the two when leaves are present. Southern red is Quercus falcata. So you remember falcata and associate that with falcon. Southern red leaves look like a falcon or turkey track so its easy to ID. Once you get some of the basics like that, you can start easily recognizing the different oaks just by bark or growth form. USDA plants database is my favorite for anything relating to plant ID.

 

[Ed B]

Va Tech Tree Fact Sheets

Good site for such a debate.

Thanks for this reference site, I need it for sure. Never had anyone show me the different traits in species and clearly missed that biology class in school.

 

[BSK]

This website from Vanderbilt is another good one:

http://www.cas.vanderbilt.edu/bioimages ... e-oaks.htm

 

[Great White Stalker]

Nice

 

[bowriter]

Seems more and more ppl are confusing different types of acorns. I made the comment to my cousin the other day that "can you not look up and tell the difference in a white oak and red oak"? Felt like a moron when he told me yes but there are so many oaks (reds and whites) in his area he hunts that there both types of acorns laying under each tree lol
So who has some pics of acorns and identification just for fun?

Yes, and it has been my experience that if a tree has acorns, it also usually has bark and leaves.

 

[bowriter]

Seems more and more ppl are confusing different types of acorns. I made the comment to my cousin the other day that "can you not look up and tell the difference in a white oak and red oak"? Felt like a moron when he told me yes but there are so many oaks (reds and whites) in his area he hunts that there both types of acorns laying under each tree lol
So who has some pics of acorns and identification just for fun?

Yes, and it has been my experience that if a tree has acorns, it also usually has bark and leaves.

 

[RatherBeHuntin]

Okay, I'll admit it. I'm one who didn't know the difference between chestnut oaks and red oaks. :blush: To clarify one of my previous posts, the chestnut oaks are loaded around here this year. I never did like science in school. :grin:

 

[backroads]

here's the site I have used in the past for identification:

http://bowsite.com/bowsite/features/arm ... corns.html