Is this Turkey Oak / Quercus cerris?

[SteveA]

I felled a couple of oak trees today.... they are about 10" diameter at the base.

I'm guessing they are Turkey oak, but not sure.

 

Can anyone confirm from these pics?.... unfortunately I don't have any leaf photos because they all fell off.

 

If it is Turkey oak would it be suitable for milling into floorboards?

 

[SteveA]

Here's the bark:

[SteveA]

[Goaty]

I might be wrong but quercus cerris is difficult to season without twisting and shaking to bits.

[SteveA]

I might be wrong but quercus cerris is difficult to season without twisting and shaking to bits.

 

Yeah, I've read that somewhere.

I'm not 100% sure if what I've felled is Quercus cerris though?!

Does it have red heartwood?

[Goaty]

Yeah, I've read that somewhere.

I'm not 100% sure if what I've felled is Quercus cerris though?!

Does it have red heartwood?

 

I don't know Ive never seen felled wood. If it twists some daft arty types will buy it:laugh1:

 

Afterthought. Have a look in the leaf litter if you can. The oak leaves I see in your picture don't seem to have the narrow width to lenth ratio of cerris.

Edited January 16, 2015 by Goaty

[Dorset Treeman]

Looks like Turkey Oak bark with the Orange hue in the fissures.

[openspaceman]

I might be wrong but quercus cerris is difficult to season without twisting and shaking to bits.

 

That's right and yes it does look like QCerris, the pinky bits showing through the bark, dark heart and wide sap band do it for me.

[Dorset Treeman]

Did you get any photos of the buds as they usually have scales on them that make them appear 'hairy'. If it is Turkey oak the timber is prone to ring shake and generally no good for milling.

[skyhuck]

Looks too slow grown and dark for Turkey, IMO.

 

There are plenty leaves on the deck could you not have looked at a few???