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I have a tree in my front yard that died this year. I have asked many people that have came by and no one can agree as to what it is..

Anybody know for sure?

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Some type of oak, maybe?

Agree! But what type?

It looks like a pin oak (sp ck). It would b easier to id if u could find a live 1 n post pics of the leaves. But goin by bark n limb formation, pin oak or white oak. What did the acorns look like?

  that would be my guess white oak . the limb structure it could be a red as well  . to hard to tell from the picture . did it have big acorns or little acorns on it .  the drought coupled with the oak wilt here in east texas has took it's toll at the house . I have a lot of fire wood cutting to do  .  lost some good tree's on this place , but it needed thinning out a bunch  .

White oak or pin oak

water oak or pin oak. same kind that is in the background

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Here is a picture of the leaves on the tree next to it. I believe they are the same trees.

The real question is... Is it good cooking wood or should I have a bonfire?

Cook or smoke away. Most hardwoods r good cookin/smokin wood.

It's a pin oak. See them almost everday between the school year with forestry and when im not in school because my dad owns a tree cuttin buisness.

you might get Ray to look at the picture...does not look like pin oak to me...I am not familiar with the other oak trees except the live oak...

Looks like a water oak to me.

Yep, water oak... I'm covered up in them out here.

I just looked at the pic of the leaves on the pic he posted. I had only looked at the first pic. The leaves do look like a water oak! The pic of it standing looks like a pin oak.

Thanks for all the input.. Question is... Is it any good for cooking or just a bonfire

Chad it's ok to cook with... not as good as red oak, but it will work.

Thank you. It's a lot of wood to waste on a bonfire.

Not sure if they are good to cook with but they are a pain to have around your house in a hurricane, they drop branches something awful.

Pin oak for sure. 100% positive

And yeah its OK to cook with we have used it

It's a water oak...
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Pin oak leaves look like this...
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Your right mike I had em flip flopped

it looks lik a pin oak to me cut same trees for firewood good to cook with

i was told to tell the difference in the red oak and the white oak that red men shoot pointed arrows and white men shot rounded bullets

water oak is NOT good for fireplace, does not burn verry hot and smokes alot. it is OK for cooking. but again you will need to tend to the fire alot as it does not burn as good as other hard woods.....

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