We only found white oaks in our area, but we had saved some leaves from where we previously lived and happened to find this scarlet oak which had very pointy lobes. We spent much of our time discussing the differences between the white oaks and black oaks. Actually, in our field guide instead of black oak and white oak it divided them between red and white oaks designating all the black oak description to the red oak. So in our nature book we made a chart that listed the differences between White Oaks and Black/Red Oaks.
Here are three leaves from the same tree that had the most variation.
These are the acorns from a Post Oak.
Here is an entry from one of our nature journals. We also did a leaf rubbing on the two leaves at the very top of this post and we included it on the page with our chart about the differences between the two groups.
We only found white oaks in our area, but we had saved some leaves from where we previously lived and happened to find this scarlet oak which had very pointy lobes. We spent much of our time discussing the differences between the white oaks and black oaks. Actually, in our field guide instead of black oak and white oak it divided them between red and white oaks designating all the black oak description to the red oak. So in our nature book we made a chart that listed the differences between White Oaks and Black/Red Oaks.
Here are three leaves from the same tree that had the most variation.
These are the acorns from a Post Oak.
Here is an entry from one of our nature journals. We also did a leaf rubbing on the two leaves at the very top of this post and we included it on the page with our chart about the differences between the two groups.
2 comments:
I love your oak tree's shape. I found it interesting that the leaves are a little different even on the same tree.
Great journal entry this week.
Thanks for the link,
Barb-Harmony Art Mom
Great study. Loved all the different leaves you found.
Your header photo is pretty, too. :-)
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