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Tree and Wood Identification
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Red Oak
Here are some pictures of red oak. You can click on the pictures to
see higher quality, larger images.
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This is a red oak tree.
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These are red oak leaves and bark.
Red oak leaves are oblong with 7-9 lobes and sinuses.
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Side View
Red oak wood is easily to identify because of the
dark lines, called rays.
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Cross section
Red oak wood under magnification.
The large vessels in red oak are what lets you blow bubbles through wood, like in "Bubbling Bazookas" !
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