Sweetwater

What do you whitetail enthusiasts think the best way to identify the delicious white oak tree in the deer woods? Obviously, the acorns it drops are larger, but how about a white oak tree itself?

trophyhuntr

not to start off wrong but a white oak acorn is smaller than a red oak acorn usually comparing the two trees being the same size. Tree is grayish and white fairly large green leaves and very flakey bark, rarely produces every year

formula1

Grayish-white bark and looks short of flakey. The fruit is longer than it is wide, about 1-1.25" in length. The leaf is has multiple long tips and it base shape is not round or oval or eliptical. It can be confused with a swamp chestnut oak, except for the size of the fruit (smaller) and the leaf. A swamp chestnut has an oval or elliptical leaf with tiny edges on it. Hope that helps!

Charlie P

Take a look at this site.

http://www.ohiodnr.com/forestry/Educ...s/oakwhite.htm

Gryan

White oak trees have rounded lobes on the leaves. The red oak family has pointed lobes on the leaves. there are a lot of trees that are white oaks. The acorns are sweet tasting. The red oaks are bitter tasting. The white oak that is gobbled up around here is the acorn that is long and oval shaped. Shaped sorta like a football.

Greg

CASEYMTN

THE TIPS OF THE WHITE OAK LEAF ARE ROUNDED WHILE THE TIPS OF THE RED OAK ARE POINTED. THE ACORN OF THE RED OAK IS MORE BITTER TO THE TASTE THAN THE WHITE

Bulzeye

Didn' t have time to read the other responses, so forgive me if I repeate them.

The leaves are the giveaway.
Rounded edges instead of sharp points.
Easier to scout them out before they drop ' em.

The oaks in general have big sprawling dark limbs.

buckmine

Red oaks also tend to hang onto there leaves longer in the winter. White oaks tend to drop there leaves in the fall like all other trees.