Identify a tree species?

[Joseph Acquisto]

I tried the internet and was quickly frustrated by any of the links I followed. None of them seems useful. One of them asked a series of questions about leaf structure where I had to look up what the terms meant. Still got no where.

Attached is a picture of the leaf of a tree I dropped today. Phone battery died right after I took that shot, so I will try to describe the trunk. I can post pictures if need be of the bark and trunk.

The outer inch or two is white to amber, the "heart wood" is a darker brown, reminds me of walnut. I've not see this or similar bear any fruit at all.. It does not cut easily as I'd expect from a hard wood. It resists being split with a 27 ton "troy bilt" about like some oak I split last year.

 

[Mad Professor]

I tried the internet and was quickly frustrated by any of the links I followed. None of them seems useful. One of them asked a series of questions about leaf structure where I had to look up what the terms meant. Still got no where.

Attached is a picture of the leaf of a tree I dropped today. Phone battery died right after I took that shot, so I will try to describe the trunk. I can post pictures if need be of the bark and trunk.

The outer inch or two is white to amber, the "heart wood" is a darker brown, reminds me of walnut. I've not see this or similar bear any fruit at all.. It does not cut easily as I'd expect from a hard wood. It resists being split with a 27 ton "troy bilt" about like some oak I split last year.

A species of white oak I think. Tips of leaves are rounded, not pointed like red oaks.

 

[Karrl]

How big are the leaves and what does the bark look like? I have a similar looking oak I have been trying to identify.

 

[lone wolf]

How big are the leaves and what does the bark look like? I have a similar looking oak I have been trying to identify.

http://woodyplants.cals.cornell.edu...h[botanicalName]=&PlantSearch[commonName]=oak

 

[pdqdl]

This dichotomous key seldom lets me down:
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/idit.htm
It does require that you do some learning about plants. Sometimes it's a miss, but I look at the "also might be" list, and then compare further.

 

[mark3885]

White oak , somewhat stringy when splitting