Can you tell me what kind of tree this is?

[defstar]

probably easy to identify for most of you...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pf6733aeb882f223598e27c3c84ad507e/f16150a5.jpg

 

[NickfromWI]

Willow oak?

 

[rebelman]

i believe nick is right. Just glancing, I'd say willow oak

 

[Elmore]

Here we go again...it could also be an immature Water Oak.

<img src="http://z.about.com/d/forestry/1/0/4/6/wateroak_plate.jpg">

 

[corky k]

Why does everyone think oak? I don't see acorns.

I'll say California Bay/Myrtlewood, Umbellularia californica.

Need more pics.

 

[treeseer]

crush the leaf and smell it; if it's a bay you'll know.

 

[pmuscato]

I like laurel but don't rule-out Bluejack. Quercus incana. silvery underside to the leaf.

 

[NickfromWI]

Bay? No way. Look at the trunk. It has "oak" written all over it.

love
nick

 

[defstar]

i'm pretty sure myself it's an oak...but which type...?

so laurel...water...or willow...

i'll try to get you guys some better pics of the leaves...

 

[defstar]

here is a picture i took tonight of the tree...


http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/p1ed1556e778ff9232b5ac861b6fc1a11/f15d2587.jpg

 

[Toddppm]

No chance it's a Live Oak?

 

[defstar]

well i don't think it's a live oak...aren't live oaks the ones that end up growing wider than they are tall...with really heavy canopies?...because we don't have any of those in the neighborhood that i've seen...

then again...i could be wrong...

but this oak in the picture...i have a good deal of them on the property...and they typically grow tall and skinny to about 20-25'...and their canopies are pretty light...

 

[trees4est]

Looks like willow oak to me, the first picture looked a little like shingle oak, but they don't grow in Texas.

 

[ranchjn]

its definetly not a live oak...

^^ thats a live oak

 

[Sheshovel]

Because You have not shown a close-up of the leaf so I can see the veins or the acorns I can only get it down to
Willow Oak ,Quercus phellos
Laurel Oak,Q.laurifolia
or
Shingle Oak Q..imbricaria
all grow in Texas..for better I.D.take some closer pics and one of the whole tree

 

[Florida Cracker]

It looks like a Laurel Oak to me.

 

[Sheshovel]

The only way to tell the diff between the Willow Oak and the Laurel Oak is by the discription of the leaf.
It is not a Water Oak,Water Oaks have a leaf that oblong or stipulate with three lobes at the apex.
The Willow Oak has narrow leaves pointed at both ends and will be lighter green below and just slightly darker green above.They are long and narrow and uniform in width and the acorns are greenish brown while the other species are brown or black.

and the Laurel Oak has leaves
elliptical and wedge shaped at the base and pointed at the apex and are sometimes irregularly lobed,darker green above than below as well.
and will have a raised yellow rib when mature.They are oblong not lance shaped.

 

[defstar]

ok sheshovel...here is a picture of one of the leaves...

these are all the same leaf...the top one is a picture taken with the flash...the bottom two are the top and bottom of the leaf without the flash being used...

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid195/pf2d5956dda0824ef0277053518a8cf72/f1450ab4.jpg

 

[Elmore]

It is not a Water Oak,Water Oaks have a leaf that oblong or stipulate with three lobes at the apex.

Similar leaves are common on immature Water Oaks. Often the leaves can resemble not only Willow Oak but that of a variety of Red Oaks including Southern Red Oak. See imbedded image.

<img src="http://z.about.com/d/forestry/1/0/4/6/wateroak_plate.jpg">

 

[BrianL]

Third option: might be a sawtooth oak. Picture is a wee bit too small for me to tell with my eyes.