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    Ozark Chinquapin

    I was cutting out a blowdown thicket Fri in 100 degree heat in prep for putting some ozarkensis in. I didn't last long, about a half hour, but saw that it could work. I have a chestnut in there now for proof of principal.
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    School me on "Beaked Hazelnut"

    Corylus cornuta, the beaked hazelnut Is it a good proxy for good chestnut conditions?
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    Hickory nuts and deer preference...thoughts?

    carya pallida I am surprised l never hear much about pallida. It has a thin shell and is edible. Do deer eat them? Prefer them? I have never heard. http://ents-bbs.org/viewtopic.php?f=376&t=8851&hilit=Pallida I have mostly seen it referenced as little more than a small tree and yet it makes...
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    Dwarf chinkapin oak

    One from Ontario about 4th year. Frost hit it again this year and it is struggling to release. There are several more like it but they keep trying.
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    Dwarf chinkapin oak

    A dwarf chinquapin oak, Q prinoides, trying to do something. About 3 or 4 years old. It should be higher. The few others I have are smaller. I have trouble getting DCO to grow.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11258-021-01115-7 Both weather and resources influence masting in chestnut oak (Quercus montana Willd.) and black oak (Q. velutina Lam.) S. J. Smith, B. C. McCarthy, T. F. Hutchinson & R. S. Snell Plant Ecology volume 222, pages409–420 (2021)Cite...
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    The Year of The Oaks

    That doesn't look like rubra bark here. It is smooth like beech when young and ridgy when older.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    Seen on Facebook and not created by me.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    This guy on Facebook has interesting things to say about black oaks and other oaks. He says black oak tend to be leaners in his woods because of competition he thinks. They shade out over time.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    FYI Some Facebook comments that may be of interest. https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=574884717231553&id=112192323500797 We post photos of young trees grown directly in place from seed that have grown so fast and are so healthy, that readers question whether they are real. This is...
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    The Year of The Oaks

    I checked KS and OK. l was surprised the soil was under pH 6 in places. It matches with the DCO range maps so that makes sense. There is something new with oaks everyday.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    Yes, Haig Brown was and is considered a great nature author. He is most famous for his fishing books.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    What is your soil ph there? You likely said before but I forget. Is the soil for it in KS and MO acid where it grows? I don't think of those states as being acidic.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    DCO is an acid species. An extremeophile, really. It is unlikely to be mixed with muehlenbergii but not impossible.
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    The Year of The Oaks

    ID help. This guy knows oaks.
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