Chinquapin Oak, Bur Oak, and Shagbark Hickory Comparrison

I hiked back into some woods I have not seen for a while for lunch. I knew there were some large trees at this one spot. I came across a couple of Bur oaks, Shagbark hickory, Chinquapin oak. There were some smaller Hackberries and American elms. I got some photos of the bark of the large trees and a few photos of leaves for comparison.

This first photo is showing the mature bark of a shag bark hickory. One interesting thing about Shagbark hickory bark is that bats like to sleep under the shag bark.

Here is the bark of young Shagbark hickory. Don't pay attention to the poison ivy vines. The bark is tightly fissured with flat smooth ridges.

this third photo shows the bark of Bur oak. This is a good contrast of a red oak bark with a white oak (group) bark. The white oak (group) has light gray scaly bark.


This photo shows the white bark of Chinquapin oak.





Of the 4 leaves on the log the one on the left is a Bur oak leaf and the third leaf from the left is a Chinquapin oak leaf. The leaf on the right is from the shagbark hickory. The second from the left is a leaf from American elm.