Bittersweet Cauldron

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Winter is a great time to practice winter tree ID! Check out this graphic comparing acorns from oak species from the Flora of Virginia project. The illustrations are by Lara Call Gastinger

Here are the common names of the species listed:
Q. alba – White Oak
Q. bicolor – Swamp White Oak
Q. coccinea – Scarlet Oak
Q. falcata – Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak
Q. ilicifolia – Bear Oak or Scrub Oak
Q. imbricaria – Shingle Oak
Q. laevis – Turkey Oak
Q. lyrata – Overcup Oak
Q. macrocarpa – Bur Oak or Mossycup Oak
Q. margarettae – Sand Post Oak
Q. marilandica var. marilandica – Blackjack Oak
Q. montana -Chestnut Oak
Q. muehlenbergii – Chinquapin Oak
Q. nigra – Water Oak
Q. pagoda – Cherrybark Oak
Q. phellos – Willow Oak
Q. prinoides – Dwarf Chinquapin Oak
Q. rubra – Northern Red Oak
Q. stellata – Post Oak
Q. virginiana – Live Oak