Step 1
gauge the size of it ofthe oaksyou face-off in southerly Alabama . The large often approach 100 foot , such as the willow tree oak tree ( Quercus phellos ) , Shumard oak tree ( Quercus shumardii ) , white oak ( Quercus alba ) and overcup oak ( Quercus lyrata ) . count for the intermediate - sized oak to grow to compass of 40 to 50 feet , include the post oak ( Quercus stellata ) and Chapman oak tree ( Quercus chapmanii ) . modest oaks in the 20- to 40 - metrical foot range in southerly Alabama are the bluejack oak ( Quercus incana ) , turkey oak ( Quercus laevis ) and blackjack oak ( Quercus marilandcia ) .
Step 2
Step 3
Observe the shape of the leaves on southerly Alabama ’s oak trees . Some have multiple lobe with rounded ends , such as post oak tree and white oak . The post oak typically has five lobes , while blanched oak will have either seven or nine . try out the lobes on the southerly red oak tree ( Quercus falcate ) and coinage such as turkey and Shumard oak . The lobes will end in distinct points . Study the leaf on the oaks miss any lobe , such as the swampland chestnut tree oak tree ( Quercus michauxii ) — a type with kite - shaped leaf that has multiple tooth along the edges . Blackjack oak leaves have a pear anatomy , the leave of willow oak are long and narrow , and the leaf on a laurel oak and live oak ( Quercus virginiana ) will be elliptical .
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Step 5
Study the unique acorn on some of these oak , looking at their size of it and their hood — the part that link up the acorn to the branchlet . The cap of the overcup oak intimately encloses the acorn in full . The acorn of the swamp chestnut oak tree is as long as 1 1/2 inch . Those of Shumard oak tree are 1 3/10 inch long , with a saucerlike pileus .
Step 6
scrutinise the foliation late in the fall and into winter to define whether the southerly Alabama oak species is evergreen or semievergreen . Live oak tree ’s leaves bide on the tree into bound before replacement foliation speedily exchange it . Laurel oak tree is semievergreen , with the leaves lasting through the winter before falling off and new maturation go forth on the offshoot . The foliage of the water oak ( Quercus nigra ) persists on the tree diagram well into the wintertime month , as do those of the Chapman oak tree . The rest of the southerly Alabama oaks lose their leaf during the fall or early portion of winter .
Step 7
Step 8
Identify southern Alabama oaks by their fall foliage colors or , in some cases , by the color of their summer leaves . White oak leave change to red and browns , Chapman oaks turn yellowish or ruby-red and southerly red oak tree change to brown . Species such as bluejack oak tree feature a bluish - unripened foliage during the warm month that change to shades of redness in declivity . urine oak leafage also has a blue - green shade .
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