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What kind these my four oak seedlings oak species identification?

8 years ago

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I grown my oak seedlings from acorns These seedlings are all 5 month old i need what kind oak species identification

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK

8 years ago

Did you collect the acorns in a wild area or a park/garden? If they are truly wild oaks they are probably Quercus robur or Q petraea. However, many other species are candidates since European parks and gardens are full of introductions. Plus Belgium is so small and densely settled anything is possible. Could you get a photo of the parent tree?

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
8 years ago
I think that even an oak expert is going to need close ups of each individual plant.
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ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
8 years ago
are you afraid of these plants??? .. the pix dont get any bigger ...

i also suggest.. you remove them from the window.. to reduce glare in teh pix ...

do you know if they are all the same ... or are we after 4 IDs???

a scale might help ...

but do understand.. many oaks .. at this age.. size do not have leaves true to the eventual plant...

where are you.. and where did you get the acorns ....

but we can have fun discussing this

ken
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All seedlings are same oak species I picked four acorns on the same oak tree in the woods and i planted four acorns in pots
NHBabs z4b-5a NH
8 years ago
Where are you? That info will be important in deciding ID.

Also, IME many oak seedling leaves don't necessarily look exactly like those of more mature plants, so if you have other acorns or can clearly describe size, shape, and color pattern of the acorns or can take a photo of the tree the acorns came from, you may get a more certain ID.

Also, simply trimming the original photo doesn't help. We can't see details and there are many, many species of oaks in the US (if that is where you are.) Yours appears to be in the red oak group (pointed leaf tips) though I can't be 100% sure from the photos with the light behind them, but that is still a lot of possibilities, so any additional information you can give will help.
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I live in the Belgium (on Europe) These leaves are round shaped and the acorn color light brown and 2.5 cm long This oak are deciduous (not evergreen)
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I did collect acorns on the wild and I pick the a seedling to my computer to check oak leaf of my seedling with google images oak leaf then it's Quercus robur not Q petraea because my seedlings are shorted petioles and Q petraes leaves are longed petioles I saw from Google Images

Thanks you for answer me!
ken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
8 years ago
i will presume some language barrier here .. so i will repeat:

do understand.. many oaks .. at this age.. size .... do not have leaves true to the eventual plant...

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we need some closer pix.. for the experts to guess ... while you wait for them to mature.....

can these go outside ... trees in pots.. indoors .... is extremely hard ...

ken
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
8 years ago
They could go outside in a coupld of weeks but they'd need considerable hardening off. Oaks are just beginning to leaf out in milder areas here. Belgium is a tad cooler.

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