Reminds me of ground cover bamboo.

That sounds like trouble! I suppose I should pull it right away! Any other ideas before I do?

Thanks!

I think it’s Lilium lancifolium (Tiger Lily).

It is a Lilium, most likely L. lancifolium.

Ooh! That makes sense since there were lilies in the bed where I took out the oaks. The soil around the germinated acorns must have had the seeds. I guess the acorns didn't survive.

Thanks Miz_G and peren.all!

These plants are much too advanced in development to be first year lily seedlings.

I dug up some burr oak seedling volunteers in a friend's flowerbed last fall to transplant. In the soil there were a couple of what I thought were burr oak acorns that had already started to germinate, so I put them in with the seedlings and planted them all where I'm trying to get trees to grow. Now I realize they must have been lily bulbs. Burr oak acorns are quite large,and they were covered in soil. There were tiger lilies in the bed, but they still had leaves and blossoms, so it didn't occur to me that I had bulbs. I don't know why these had no above ground parts.

Yes, you brought Lily plants, not seeds, together (or instead of) with your Oaks.

an oak tree would clearly be wood... there would be no confusing it with an herbaceous perennial ...

i dont quite know what you mean by moving germinated acorns .. did you move a tree or not?? .. if so.. the tree should still be there.. dead or not .. unless vermin got it.. wabbit or some such ....

to avoid such in the future.. bare root the tree in the proper planting season ...

ken

We were 1,000 miles from home. I was astonished at the size of the acorns in our friend's yard and asked if I could take some to try to grow. He said to take some of the seedlings that were sprouting everywhere.

The ground was muddy. While digging the seedlings out, we came across two blobs about the size of the acorns which appeared to have shed the outer shell and started to put out roots. We took those, too, thinking they might have a better chance of survival. We were there for 3 days, so couldn't wait until the optimal time.

As it was, the trees took, and - what we now know to be lily - bulbs sprouted.

I'm sorry I had you so confused, ken_adrian. I gave too much info. Lesson learned. Next time, I'll just ask for help with ID.

That's ok lecorbeau. You can ask and give any information you like. It can be helpful when learning about plants and situations.