yes, i have the same question as liz – what species of oak does the long acorn come from? here in the NW i see so few trees that aren’t evergreens as it is, but that shape is so unusual.
The long one is either a quercus douglasi, Blue Oak native to CA or possibly a CA Black Oak, quercus kelloggi. We collected them last fall and I took them to Katie. The oaks are now dropping acorns so when we walk to the American River we will collect again, with a leaf so we can identify them. The short one is probably a Valley Oak. We use the book Pacific Coast Trees first published in 1937 by UC Berkeley.
CORRECTION – We were at the river this am and found some large acorns and the leaves to go with them. The large acorn is from a Valley Oak – Quercus lobata. The small ones are from a live oak, Querus wislizeni
I love acorns! your little cakes look delicious.
I’ll take the bottom ones. Yummy!
Those acorns are an interesting shape! Very pretty!
I love acorns!
I love those acorns. I’ve never seen them in that shape before. Do you know what species they are?
yes, i have the same question as liz – what species of oak does the long acorn come from? here in the NW i see so few trees that aren’t evergreens as it is, but that shape is so unusual.
The long one is either a quercus douglasi, Blue Oak native to CA or possibly a CA Black Oak, quercus kelloggi. We collected them last fall and I took them to Katie. The oaks are now dropping acorns so when we walk to the American River we will collect again, with a leaf so we can identify them. The short one is probably a Valley Oak. We use the book Pacific Coast Trees first published in 1937 by UC Berkeley.
CORRECTION – We were at the river this am and found some large acorns and the leaves to go with them. The large acorn is from a Valley Oak – Quercus lobata. The small ones are from a live oak, Querus wislizeni
love acorns. they are like my autumnal familiar. ;^)