Forestry ID

[havenguy]

1. Lithocarpus densiflorus
2. Tanoak
3. Sudden Oak Death

[sofossils]

I agree

[Sassyfras]

The last post was two days ago, so for the sake of keeping the thread open, I looked up the tree, and it is in fact a tanoak. I'll just go ahead and post a tree--Western-style.

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1. What is a popular use for the wood?
2. This tree is most common in what two places?
3. Which tree is this tree most similar to?

[sofossils]

I think...... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

Black Oak
1. Furniture
2. Rocky cliffs or clay hillsides, Missouri to the Virginias
3. Northern Red Oak

Not quite sure if that's what you wanted for number two, though

[CulturallyScientific]

Possibly (Click to Show Hidden Text)

California Black Oak, [i]Quercus kelloggii[/i]1. Timber, and the Native Americans used acorns in making an acorn meal mush 2. Oakwoodlands/along foothills, in California and southern Oregon 3. Black Oak

Questions 2 and 3 are very uncertain educated guesses....I'm curious to know the correct answers

[Sassyfras]

Correct, CulturallyScientific. It's also a very popular fuelwood... And a more specific answer for the common area would be the Sierra Nevada. Your turn~

[CulturallyScientific]

1. Identify with the scientific name.
2. Explain what the genus and species names of this tree mean.
3. What pigment(s) is/are making the leaves red?

[sophie2220]

I think... (Click to Show Hidden Text)

1. Nyssa sylvatica 2. Nyssa refers to a Greek water nymph and sylvatica refers to its woodland habitat 3. Anthocyanin?

[sofossils]

Agreed

[CulturallyScientific]

Sophie is correct