Tree Talk: Northern Red Oak
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2021
- Another day, another oak! Today we branch out to the wonderful Quercus rubra, northern red oak. This valuable tree for wildlife and timber alike is common on mesic soils throughout eastern North America.
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Recorded on 3/7/21 in Lancaster County, PA. Recorded and edited by Allyson Wells.
You are a great teacher. Your passion for the subject is infectious. Stay well and safe. Thanks for sharing and teaching.
Thanks Steve! We're gonna keep rolling until we run out of plants to talk about :)
I am going to say this ahain he is pretty xo lol i like trees when he teachs me lol.I have never liked oarange until him lol
Great presentation skills. Packed with interesting information. Thank you.
Sir your knowledge of oaks is impressive
Thank you very much for doing this. I have 7 oak trees in my back yard and I believed one of them is a Northern Red Oak but only a few of the leaves turned red this autumn so I wasn’t sure. There are many seedlings around my house and I want to pot them and sell them so I need to identify them. I will have to go outside tomorrow and use this information.
I pray to God that more people will love the forest the way that you do, sir. These trees are so precious and men and women need to understand this before they are all gone.
I life in Southern Illinois (Baldwin) and the forest are so glorious down here but I heard we only have 4 of 13 million acres left in the state. This is tragic, and I want to help reforest the state to avoid the calamity we are going to see if people don’t love trees and nature more.
What needs significantly more help in Illinois is restoring the tall grass prairie. There are about ~2500 acres left from tens of millions originally. That is a biodiversity hotspot that was lost to corn and soybean farming.
Reforestation efforts are essential, but need to be tied with prairie, savannah, and wetlands restoration.
I do ecosystem restoration too but I live out East where these forests are more common. I feel the midwest and certain parts of the south are underrepresented.
Great video, very informative! I watched your vid on the white oak and it was great as well. I planted a 6ft tall northern red oak, a 5ft tall white oak, and a 4ft tall willow oak last fall in the ol' backyard. Looking forward to watching them grow, and hopefully they'll be around for generations to come.
Can you do a Pin oak video?
God i love this series. If you ever come out west I'd love for you to look at our Oaks.
I have a 12 foot diameter northern red oak in my yard. At least 150 yrs old, I hope it lives much longer.
WOW! I'm jealous!!
diameter? that is almost impossible
@@Philippe275it is possible, just extremely rare. I have seen a 10ft diameter red oak near me and it is thankfully protected.
Well done! I have subscribed…
Great video! Very informative and interesting, even for those of us who've never even been to that side of the Atlantic. Thank you.
Great stuff. Thank you
Love your presentations!!!!!
We get decent sized red oaks here in WI but they typically will start dying out or showing signs of rot around 100 years old and will be full of carpenter ants, at least in my area anyway. White oaks seem to do much better as far as longevity.
I think some trees were "made" for this hollowing out purpose. They say the Ivory Billed woodpecker probably went extinct because it's nesting habit was in old hollowed out oak trees which became non-existent for quite a while. Also Owls, Squirrels etc need some hollowed out trees as well.
Great video.
very nice timber, that patch needs a select cut. alot of fully mature trees.
And a deer stand facing this Red Oak 😃
@@GoneCarnivorehow about no
my favorite dude
Thanks for sharing the knowledge my guy! Genuinely commend you!
Keep fucking doing it please!
You're very welcome! We'll keep it up until we run out of plants to cover :D
I found this channel late and Subscribed. I wonder, based on your knowledge on tree, can you provide a service: user enters the ZIP code, and you recommend the tree suitable for the area ? And even better if we can order directly from you ?! If you can send with an engraved plate of the related information of this tree (and some customized message). I will use this service, and smile in my heart to know that several generations later they know why grand-grand-pa planted a tree, thought this channel, for them.
I'd be happy to send a recommendation based on your location, the site, and your objectives! I only know enough to do that in the eastern US though.
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Please do an episode where you explain how to differentiate between Northern Red Oak and Black Oak. You mentioned the "ski slope" bark and the sinus depth ways of distinguishing these two species, but these might not be definitive, especially on a juvenile tree? Aren't there better ways to distinguish them like, the color of the inner bark?
Can you do an episode on the Tulip Tree?
You bet! I'm waiting until I come upon one while it's flowering. Perhaps this will be the year!
Thanks for not saying tulip poplar.
What oaks grow in North West Wyoming
How this Norther red oak would do in Southern California ? Or Baja California
Mexico?
Good question! I know that northern red oak is planted as an urban tree in parts of California, but I think more in the north-central part of the state where precipitation rates aren't too dissimilar from the oak's native range. I am not certain, but I don't think it would be very happy in the Mediterranean-Type ecosystem of southern California/Baja due largely to the low annual rainfall.
I recommend looking for a species to plant that's native to your region. Not only will it be dramatically more likely to survive, but it will also be contributing more to your local ecosystem because your local fauna will recognize the tree. I found a little document that details some southern California native oak species, perhaps this would be a good place to start to find the right fit for you: www.fs.fed.us/psw/publications/documents/psw_gtr071/psw_gtr071.pdf
Good luck, and feel free to reach out and let us know which species you decide to plan! :)
The town I live in has a lot of pin oaks (I think) and the oaks are getting ravaged by some form of blight or wilt, and bacterial leaf scorch. Can anything be done to save them?
If this is a new issue this spring, it may just be due to environmental stress and the trees should bounce back. If this has been increasing in recent years, it can likely be classified under the umbrella of "oak decline", which is basically the culmination of environmental stressors and increasingly extreme weather changes that lead to oaks eventually dying. This has become very common and is worse in urban areas, where the soil and air quality is worse, heat effects are pronounced, and there is limited biodiversity. Unfortunately there isn't much to be done; this is just the dramatic species range shifts that we are expecting due to climate change, in real time.
@@forestsforthebay4784 thanks so much for the informative reply. I live in a former steel town right outside Philly, a lot of the variables you mentioned are at play. Thinking ahead, what trees should I plant for the future, that will be, barring any invasive bacteria / insects etc, thriving in 60 years? Should I look to trees that normally flourish in zone 7, zone 8? Tulip poplar or something like that?
@@JonSteitzer You bet! Urban environments can be really unforgiving, so choosing a very tough tree that typically does well in urban soils is helpful. American sycamore is one of my favorites. It's a beautiful, fast-growing shade tree that thrives in urban soils. And it's predicted to still be very happy in PA even with climate change effects.
Can you clear up my confusion between Quercus rubra and Quercus borealis? Are they truly different species?
Yes
I can try! They are the same species. For a few decades Q. borealis was the official taxonomic name for northern red oak because there was ambiguity among red oak names. The official name is now Q. rubra, but you may occasionally still come across Q. borealis. These kind of name shenanigans are somewhat common for oaks, but what makes this situation even more confusing is that there is a regional variety of Quercus rubra whose current taxonomic name is Q. rubra var. borealis. Hope that helps!
@@forestsforthebay4784thank you again for you expertise.
Can you find red oak in the uk/England or not
based on what I've seen in a quick internet search, it looks like red oak was indeed introduced to the UK and Europe!
@Forests for the Bay thank you very helpful video by the way👍