Is this a Shumard Oak?

[Dusty Britches]

The tree is rough bark, light grey in color. Located in Brazos County.



This particular leaf is a smaller leaf from the branches but it was all I could reach.

Is this a desirable oak for deer?

[Texas270wsm]

Yes it’s a red oak, not the favorite acorn for deer but they’ll eat them
White oaks their favorite

[Low Fence]

Looks like one. They will eat them but ain’t there “pass all others” to get to em preference

[Big Red 82]

Not very palatable for them but hunger will get the best of them eventually. It’s like that one dish at potluck dinner. If your the last one going down the line and your hungry your gonna dip it. Lol.

[Arrowflinger84]

It looks like at Quercus Texana (red oak) not a Shumardii oak. Shumard leaves tend to be broader and a little bigger than that.

[Briar Friar]

They (Red Oaks) get hypoxylon canker real bad when drought stressed (Which is every summer) and end up without a good central leader. Ive got several wild ones that have been reduced to big bushes. Ive had deer walk by a mess of acorns and pass them up for corn.

[McClain]

It looks like at Quercus Texana (red oak) not a Shumardii oak. Shumard leaves tend to be broader and a little bigger than that.

I tend to also think it may be a nutall oak (texana). Hard to tell from the picture with the old acorns, but if the fresh acorns were stripped with dark bars, then its like a nuttall. Those acorns are shaped more like a nuttall.

[Dusty Britches]

I tend to also think it may be a nutall oak (texana). Hard to tell from the picture with the old acorns, but if the fresh acorns were stripped with dark bars, then its like a nuttall. Those acorns are shaped more like a nuttall.

These fell from the tree last night.

[McClain]

Well, hard to say, may be a shumard.

[SaltwaterSlick]

It's a "red oak" ...close enough. Deer/squirrels (and other mash eating animals will indeed feed on the acorns)... not as palatable as other oaks, but forage for them nonetheless... They're actually a little more palatable after a good frost hits 'em...

[Easttxbowman]

Shumard oaks are typically ornamental and mostly urban species but people do plant them as the fruit really fast. Shumard leaves are very symmetrical. Fold them in half long ways and they should mostly match up perfectly. Yours does have this feature and I'd bet the location you found the tree will tell if it's a shumard or a southern red.

[Sackett]

Quercus shumardi. Texas Red Oak leaf margins are tapered at the base.