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| This oak tree looks without life, and its leaves look so dried out. However, I am not sure if it is because this is a deciduous oak tree with the leaves just hanging there. Now, in GA, most trees should start to have their new leaves. Is this tree dead?
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| Plenty of them still look like this at my house. I suspect this is a Post oak. Keep waiting. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 17, 12 at 8:02
| top pic.. do you not see the green under the bark ... just about dead center of the pic ... oaks are one of the last to come to life.. you will know the buds are swelling.. when the leaves mysteriously fall off.. usually in a decent wind ... give it two weeks .. and PLEASE LET US KNOW ... ken ps: why do you suspect such.. did you move it???? |
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| I suspect it dead because of the dead looking leaf, LOL...Just not sure. Yeah, if I look around, there are bunch of this kind of "dead looking" oak tress around, LOL Thanks for the hope..... :-) |
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| Many small Oak trees retain their leaves through winter. I have a few small Oaks in my garden, most of which are planted by the squirrels and one of them still has leaves, I don't know if it is a Quercus robur or a hybrid. I guess your Oak is OK. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Sat, Mar 17, 12 at 17:41
| take a spray bottle with water.. and on young ones with immature bark .... spray the trunk.. and if you see green ... i bet it is alive.. [its also called the spit/lick test] spray a known dead one... and you will see no green also.. try the scratch test for green ... and.. take off a leaf.. and see if there is a viable bud under it.. or not ... i dont understand the guessing.. when there are so many things you can do.. to find out [other than asking us] ken |
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| Its probably fine. Lots of young oaks retain their leaves all winter. Wait til June. |
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- Posted by houstontexas123 z9 (My Page) on Tue, Mar 20, 12 at 2:59
| there are some varieties of oaks that are deciduous and some are evergreen. there's several large leafed oak trees in my neighborhood, and even after their leaves turn brown they stay on the tree. the majority of our oaks have the smaller oval shaped leaves which stays green year round. i believe they're live oaks. |
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