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Mon, Sep 17, 12 at 22:36
| I am searching for a source for West Texas Red Oak Acorns.
Quercus Buckleyi. I have some other types of acorns to trade or will buy acorns. Hoping someone has some Q. Buckleyi in their yard or knows someone who does. |
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| There are some native Texas Red Oak growing wild around here. They are usually ready about the time the leaves start turning red which is typically end of October. If no else volunteers, send me an email at end of October with your address and I will see what I can find. I have planted these in pots and gotten germination, but they wouldn't grow more than 3-4". There are some Red Oaks on the Sabinal River west of San Antonio, but I am not sure if they are small Shumard Red Oaks or large Tx. Red Oaks (or possibly hybrid). They are midway in size between the two types and have good color. I have gotten a couple to grow when transplanted. If you would like some of those acorns send me an email soon, as I plan to go there in early October. However note that these trees are from Z8 very near Z9 so may not be a good choice for Z7 Colorado. |
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- Posted by lou_midlothian_tx z8 DFW, Tx (My Page) on Fri, Sep 21, 12 at 20:01
| They are everywhere here in central Texas. scotjute, I found a website that showed the difference between Shumard and Texas Red Oak but it's gone now. Look at the buds during late winter. If the buds are all the same size (usually 1/4" of an inch), they are Texas Red Oak. Shumard red oak only has one large bud in the middle and the lateral buds are smaller. I checked out a lot of Red oak trees in Dallas-Ft Worth and the article turned out to be right. No idea about the hybrids though esp if there are Shumard and Texas Red oak trees close to each other. |
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| lou, interesting about the bud size. Will look on several small trees we have growing and try it. What about a grown tree 30' or so? Have not been particularly impressed by Texas Red Oak as it appears slow to grow and hard to germinate, at least those I have tried. Some of the wild ones north of Ft. Hood have a variety of colors from yellow to orange to red (most frequent color). The Shumard seems to beat it in every way for a yard tree tho. |
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