Re: Forestry ID
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 3:45 am
1. Lithocarpus densiflorus
2. Tanoak
3. Sudden Oak Death
2. Tanoak
3. Sudden Oak Death
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Re: Forestry ID
Posted: January 29th, 2013, 12:48 pm
I agree
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: January 31st, 2013, 1:35 pm
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. 
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?
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2. This tree is most common in what two places?
3. Which tree is this tree most similar to?
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: January 31st, 2013, 2:44 pm
Black Oak 1. Furniture 2. Rocky cliffs or clay hillsides, Missouri to the Virginias 3. Northern Red Oak
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: January 31st, 2013, 5:28 pm
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
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 1st, 2013, 6:59 am
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~
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 1st, 2013, 6:26 pm
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?
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 1st, 2013, 9:12 pm
1. Nyssa sylvatica 2. Nyssa refers to a Greek water nymph and sylvatica refers to its woodland habitat 3. Anthocyanin?
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 2nd, 2013, 7:34 am
Agreed
Re: Forestry ID
Posted: February 2nd, 2013, 12:11 pm
Sophie is correct