oak grove park

7.29.08
9 a.m.
Oak Grove Park, Davis
w/ Dr Harding & Ruth - oak id



So not an oak - but Chinaberry - very similar to Texas Umbrella Tree, except for growth habit - both melia azerdarach.



Chinaberry



Coast Live Oak - leaves more cupped than Interior Live Oak - have "hairy armpits" in veins on underside of leaf.



Coast Live Oak

I'm learning that tree identification is not really such a hard science - alot to interpret, especially with trees like oaks that readily hybridize -



(Click to see leaf pages bigger)


Q. wislizeni = Interior Live Oak



Later identified by Dr Harding as Laurel Oak



Bur Oak



Bur Oak - Texas native doing very well in the park here -



English Oak


Holly Oak & Southern Live Oak