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sqiggy · 10-02-2022, 08:39 PM

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So what is the name of this tree?
Location is east Texas.
I looked up different varieties and closest I could find was Chikapin or however you spell it!!

kurt68 · 10-02-2022, 08:42 PM

Bur oak

LukeDuke · 10-02-2022, 09:11 PM

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Bur oak

It's a big acorn for sure...but I think the cup is too small and smooth to be a burr oak.

Matt_C · 10-03-2022, 09:59 AM

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Bur oak

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THIS. Burr Oak Quercus macrocarpa Quercus macrocarpa, the bur oak, commonly spelled burr oak, is a species of oak tree native to eastern North America.

sqiggy · 10-03-2022, 10:23 AM

Just looked up bur oak. According to the leaf, not a bur oak.
The swamp oak as mention above, looks like it.

Tom · 10-02-2022, 08:43 PM

show the leaf. That is the best way to identify.

sqiggy · 10-02-2022, 08:48 PM

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show the leaf. That is the best way to identify.

Well, they’re big trees with the lowest limb way up there!!!
I think I know where some small trees are so I’ll get a pic of one tomorrow.

BTLowry · 10-02-2022, 08:44 PM

Get some better pics of the leaves and bark

luna-tuna · 10-02-2022, 09:04 PM

That acorn looks like it is from a nuttal (striped) oak. Most of their acorns, but not all of them, are noticeably striped. The leaves from a chinkapin oak resemble a swamp chestnut oak, which do not match your tree in question.

LukeDuke · 10-02-2022, 09:10 PM

Any leaves on the ground you can photograph?

EarleyBird · 10-02-2022, 09:22 PM

Need better pics of the leaves. Not a burr oak though. Best I can tell from the pic, some variety of pin. Need better pics.

Bard · 10-02-2022, 09:33 PM

Oak are very prolific at reproducing with any other oak, so there are many hybrid oak trees out there.

BTLowry · 10-02-2022, 09:59 PM

Download "picture this" app

It has been spot on with things I used it for

Take picture of bark or leaves and it will tell you what it is

EastTx · 10-02-2022, 10:13 PM

Looks like a Nuttall acorn, I hardly ever see them here but I have came across a few of them along creeks in East Texas. The acorn is too big to be a chinquapin.

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hog_down · 10-02-2022, 10:18 PM

Give that tree some fertilizer and watch it rain acorns

Sackett · 10-02-2022, 10:52 PM

Most likely Post Oak

kurt68 · 10-02-2022, 11:12 PM

Ok, I change my mind. I’m going with Swamp Chestnut oak.

dhall1414 · 10-02-2022, 11:17 PM

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So what is the name of this tree?
Location is east Texas.
I looked up different varieties and closest I could find was Chikapin or however you spell it!!

honestly this looks more like a Reginald. Maybe a Reggie though, depends on personality i guess.

Burnadell · 10-02-2022, 11:29 PM

Possibly a white oak, but I need to see the leaves and bark.

Pstraw · 10-03-2022, 12:25 AM

White Oak. Definitely not a Chinquapin.

lovemylegacy · 10-03-2022, 05:09 AM

White Oak

sqiggy · 10-03-2022, 09:18 AM

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I forgot I had a lock on in one of these trees so this is where I’m at now. This one doesn’t seem to have any acorns but the other tree out in front of me is loaded.
White Oak is what I’ve been calling it.

LivinADream · 10-03-2022, 09:28 AM

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I forgot I had a lock on in one of these trees so this is where I’m at now. This one doesn’t seem to have any acorns but the other tree out in front of me is loaded.

White Oak is what I’ve been calling it.

That's definitely a white of some sort. Swamp white maybe? Not sure, but either way should be a honey hole when they start dropping.

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Codym · 10-03-2022, 09:30 AM

Looks like a swamp white oak to me.

kurt68 · 10-03-2022, 09:57 AM

Swamp Chestnut oak, also called Basket Oak, or Cow Oak.

sqiggy · 10-03-2022, 10:29 AM

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Swamp Chestnut oak, also called Basket Oak, or Cow Oak.

Just looked this one up and by golly this is it. No doubt about it.

mclipp · 10-03-2022, 10:23 AM

Chinkapin oak is what I say.

BeerMe · 10-03-2022, 12:31 PM

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Chinkapin oak is what I say.

I’m with you based on bark and leaf.

Uncle_Milty · 10-03-2022, 10:57 AM

That sir is definitely a Swamp Chestnut............One of the most sought after acorns by deer. Guard that thing with your life!

I have around 50 on my property and will be transplanting some up to my Dad's place. They are awesome

Tshelly · 10-03-2022, 11:02 AM

Swamp chestnut oak. I screen shot the picture you posted and entered it into the Picture this app. I have some of these same acorns near a big burr oak and I have been mistaking them for immature burr oak acorns. I have a giant burr oak loaded that I’m waiting for them to start falling. Mine is on a riverbank.

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Playa · 10-03-2022, 11:08 AM

It’s definitely not a burr oak, their acorns are almost the size of a golf ball when the cap is intact and the leaves are shaped differently

LivinADream · 10-03-2022, 06:49 PM

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That sir is definitely a Swamp Chestnut............One of the most sought after acorns by deer. Guard that thing with your life!

I have around 50 on my property and will be transplanting some up to my Dad's place. They are awesome

Do yours produce every year? I found about 15-20 of them today, not a single acorn. Wondering if it's an off year, or if they've already hit the ground. Ground wasn't very disturbed under them and just a few small "hulls". Think the hulls were from the water oaks that they were scattered in.

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It’s definitely not a burr oak, their acorns are almost the size of a golf ball when the cap is intact and the leaves are shaped differently

Bur oak acorns are huge. Pic of one from my tree in the yard.

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sqiggy · 10-03-2022, 09:48 PM

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That sir is definitely a Swamp Chestnut............One of the most sought after acorns by deer. Guard that thing with your life!

I have around 50 on my property and will be transplanting some up to my Dad's place. They are awesome

There are small “groves” all over. Most of the trees are huge. When you find one tree, there will be 2 or 3 more real close by. Hard to figure out which grove to hunt over.

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Do yours produce every year? I found about 15-20 of them today, not a single acorn. Wondering if it's an off year, or if they've already hit the ground. Ground wasn't very disturbed under them and just a few small "hulls". Think the hulls were from the water oaks that they were scattered in.

Bur oak acorns are huge. Pic of one from my tree in the yard.

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Over the years, I noticed they don’t produce every year. I guess the conditions has to be right. I’ve seen them loaded year after year, then the next, nothing. Sometimes they have acorns but not a lot. Like this year, one tree will have some and the tree 30 yards away, can’t find a one.

jay07ag · 10-03-2022, 11:51 AM

swamp chestnut oak (old timers call it a "Cow Oak")

Gerald G · 10-03-2022, 10:33 PM

We call them cow oaks. It’s in the white oak family. Our deer prefer these these acorns over all the others.

10-02-2022, 08:39 PM	#1
sqiggy Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Franklin, Tx Hunt In: Panola Co and Robertson Co	Oak ID So what is the name of this tree? Location is east Texas. I looked up different varieties and closest I could find was Chikapin or however you spell it!!

10-03-2022, 11:02 AM	#30
Tshelly Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Willis Hunt In: Walker, Montgomery, Trinity, & Lee	Oak ID Swamp chestnut oak. I screen shot the picture you posted and entered it into the Picture this app. I have some of these same acorns near a big burr oak and I have been mistaking them for immature burr oak acorns. I have a giant burr oak loaded that I’m waiting for them to start falling. Mine is on a riverbank. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by Tshelly; 10-03-2022 at 11:04 AM.

10-03-2022, 10:33 PM	#35
Gerald G Ten Point Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Winona, Mississippi Hunt In: Mississippi, Colorado	We call them cow oaks. It’s in the white oak family. Our deer prefer these these acorns over all the others. Last edited by Gerald G; 10-03-2022 at 10:37 PM.

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10-02-2022, 08:42 PM	#2
kurt68 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spring Hunt In: Waller County, Rocksprings and "H"	Bur oak

10-03-2022, 10:23 AM	#5
sqiggy Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Franklin, Tx Hunt In: Panola Co and Robertson Co	Just looked up bur oak. According to the leaf, not a bur oak. The swamp oak as mention above, looks like it.

10-02-2022, 08:43 PM	#6
Tom Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Conroe Hunt In: Rocky Mountains, Africa	show the leaf. That is the best way to identify.

10-02-2022, 08:44 PM	#8
BTLowry Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lindale Hunt In: Behind the house and public in Texas; Kansas Unit 5	Get some better pics of the leaves and bark

10-02-2022, 09:04 PM	#9
luna-tuna Eight Point Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: nacogdoches	That acorn looks like it is from a nuttal (striped) oak. Most of their acorns, but not all of them, are noticeably striped. The leaves from a chinkapin oak resemble a swamp chestnut oak, which do not match your tree in question.

10-02-2022, 09:10 PM	#10
LukeDuke Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Denton County Hunt In: Texas, Kansas, Louisiana	Any leaves on the ground you can photograph?

10-02-2022, 09:22 PM	#11
EarleyBird Pope & Young Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Leon County Hunt In: Home	Need better pics of the leaves. Not a burr oak though. Best I can tell from the pic, some variety of pin. Need better pics.

10-02-2022, 09:33 PM	#12
Bard Four Point Join Date: Feb 2021 Location: Texas	Oak are very prolific at reproducing with any other oak, so there are many hybrid oak trees out there.

10-02-2022, 09:59 PM	#13
BTLowry Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Lindale Hunt In: Behind the house and public in Texas; Kansas Unit 5	Download "picture this" app It has been spot on with things I used it for Take picture of bark or leaves and it will tell you what it is

10-02-2022, 10:13 PM	#14
EastTx Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Cherokee County	Looks like a Nuttall acorn, I hardly ever see them here but I have came across a few of them along creeks in East Texas. The acorn is too big to be a chinquapin. Sent from my SM-G998U using Tapatalk

10-02-2022, 10:18 PM	#15
hog_down Ten Point Join Date: Mar 2017 Location: Houston, TX	Give that tree some fertilizer and watch it rain acorns

10-02-2022, 10:52 PM	#16
Sackett Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Richmond, TX Hunt In: Sutton County	Most likely Post Oak

10-02-2022, 11:12 PM	#17
kurt68 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spring Hunt In: Waller County, Rocksprings and "H"	Ok, I change my mind. I’m going with Swamp Chestnut oak.

10-02-2022, 11:29 PM	#19
Burnadell Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: White Oak Hunt In: Bee County	Possibly a white oak, but I need to see the leaves and bark.

10-03-2022, 12:25 AM	#20
Pstraw Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: Henderson Hunt In: Front yard or back yard	White Oak. Definitely not a Chinquapin.

10-03-2022, 05:09 AM	#21
lovemylegacy Pope & Young Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Buna, Tx Hunt In: SETx,La,Il,Ks,Mo	White Oak

10-03-2022, 09:18 AM	#22
sqiggy Pope & Young Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Franklin, Tx Hunt In: Panola Co and Robertson Co	I forgot I had a lock on in one of these trees so this is where I’m at now. This one doesn’t seem to have any acorns but the other tree out in front of me is loaded. White Oak is what I’ve been calling it.

10-03-2022, 09:30 AM	#24
Codym Spike Join Date: Sep 2018	Looks like a swamp white oak to me.

10-03-2022, 09:57 AM	#25
kurt68 Ten Point Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Spring Hunt In: Waller County, Rocksprings and "H"	Swamp Chestnut oak, also called Basket Oak, or Cow Oak.

10-03-2022, 10:23 AM	#27
mclipp Six Point Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: muenster Hunt In: montague co	Chinkapin oak is what I say.

10-03-2022, 10:57 AM	#29
Uncle_Milty Ten Point Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: TX/LA Coast Hunt In: Orange, Newton, Sabine, CO	That sir is definitely a Swamp Chestnut............One of the most sought after acorns by deer. Guard that thing with your life! I have around 50 on my property and will be transplanting some up to my Dad's place. They are awesome

10-03-2022, 11:08 AM	#31
Playa Pope & Young Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Lubbock Hunt In: Coleman	It’s definitely not a burr oak, their acorns are almost the size of a golf ball when the cap is intact and the leaves are shaped differently

10-03-2022, 11:51 AM	#34
jay07ag Ten Point Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Montgomery, Texas Hunt In: Angelina & Gonzales Counties, TX; SW Montana	swamp chestnut oak (old timers call it a "Cow Oak")