What nut is this?

[Football Hunter]

Hate to admit it,but I dont know.

 

[richmanbarbeque]

Very blurry hard to see.

 

[Football Hunter]

Oh well ,its gone now,maybe Ill find another to take a pic of

 

[richmanbarbeque]

I'm curious to what it was. Was it like an acorn or more like a nut?

 

[chip]

looks like a chestnut oak acorn

 

[Locksley]

YEP it looks like a blurry hard to see chestnut oak acorn.

 

[Football Hunter]

YEP it looks like a blurry hard to see chestnut oak acorn.

what Im thinking,Ill get another pic

 

[Winchester]

Pic sux but appears to be an acorn

 

[BSK]

Looks like an overcup oak acorn, but I would need to see a clearer picture.

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/quly.html

 

[Football Hunter]

Ok,closer up,might

be as good as a camera phone gets

 

[Football Hunter]

This is not a HIGHLY preferred acorn for deer Im assuming,but still in the white oak family?

 

[BSK]

In some areas, overcup is highly preferred. In others, not so much. It all depends on what is available. Kind of like Mountain Chestnut Oaks. In the Eastern mountains, they are highly preferred. In Middle TN, deer will hardly touch them except for the week or two they are on the ground before the white oak acorns begin to fall.

 

[Football Hunter]

Looks like an overcup oak acorn, but I would need to see a clearer picture.

http://www.duke.edu/~cwcook/trees/quly.html

Looks like it has a much bigger covering than the one in the picture from that site,but I guess its a red oak,whatever it is.

 

[BSK]

Overcup is in the white family. Take a look at the acorn's cup in the picture on this site. Notice how the cup splits into "sections" just like the acorn in your picture does.

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Overcup_oak/overcoak.htm

 

[Football Hunter]

ok,that looks good,found it on 65 acres I got permission on late in the year in Wilson county.Love a clost to home spot.Its rough,lots of rocks and cedars.Havent found ANY of the classic whiteoaks.So just doing some looking for food sources.It does have 20 or so persimmons,not sure if they produce.There seem to be plenty of deer.AA spot I can hit here and there,maybe durr=ing the week during gun,what it lacks in food sources,it makes up for in funnels!I LOVE FUNNELS!

 

[Football Hunter]

Overcup is in the white family. Take a look at the acorn's cup in the picture on this site. Notice how the cup splits into "sections" just like the acorn in your picture does.

http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/4h/Overcup_oak/overcoak.htm

I did learn something here,my immediate reaction to the pictures was that it was a red,leaves looked pointed to me at first.So,I will look closer from now on.

 

[tndad]

footbal- try looking at your campera's "macro" focus- that is for closeups BUT you have to "bac up" alittle THEN focus IN on the object

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

Overcup Oak

 

[Buckhunter72]

overcup acorn

 

[Quailman]

Looks like an overcup. Typically a "bottomland" oak species, so it's common to find them in wetter sites.

 

[Football Hunter]

Looks like an overcup. Typically a "bottomland" oak species, so it's common to find them in wetter sites.

found it on top of a ridge ,a rocky ridge,some thing could have taken it there though I guess

 

[BSK]

Looks like an overcup. Typically a "bottomland" oak species, so it's common to find them in wetter sites.

found it on top of a ridge ,a rocky ridge,some thing could have taken it there though I guess

Normally the overcup oak is a bottomland species. But the only one I've ever found in my area was on top of a very rocky ridge. Actually, at the top of a 200-foot cliff overlooking the Duck River.

 

[Quailman]

Looks like an overcup. Typically a "bottomland" oak species, so it's common to find them in wetter sites.

found it on top of a ridge ,a rocky ridge,some thing could have taken it there though I guess

Very interesting FH. You can find plants out of their "normal" environment from time to time, so nothing really suprises me anymore.

I actually planted about 1800 overcup (as well as cherrybark and swamp white) oak seedlings on my riverbottom farm in Illinois a few years ago. I couldn't hardly lift a dibble bar after I was done! :grin:

 

[Tree Tramp]

Blackjack Oak would be my guess. Would make sense given the description of the area.

http://165.234.175.12/photos/Angiosperm ... -acorn.jpg

 

[Football Hunter]

Blackjack Oak would be my guess. Would make sense given the description of the area.

http://165.234.175.12/photos/Angiosperm ... -acorn.jpg

I dont think so,the "cup" was much larger than the one in the pic,more mass to it

 

[Hawk]

Looks like a Burr oak.

 

[ttf909]

when u take a pic that close hit the flower like button on the camera. it will clean it up.

 

[Quiver]

Probably a half eaten candy apple since you took the pic :grin:

 

[Football Hunter]

Probably a half eaten candy apple since you took the pic :grin:

I wouldnt leave 1/2,you know better than that

 

[Ballerski]

the left one.