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[telophase]

The mutant acorn from a couple of days ago contrasted with one of the more usual acorns we get around here (who usually separate themselves from their caps quickly).



Yeah, it's probably a different species, but I wonder from where it fell, and why there weren't any others nearby.

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[chomiji]

Compare Oaks!

But it's hard to tell from the pictures how big the acorns are in comparison with each other.

An ambitious squirrel may have carried the giant acorn away from its parent tree.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I have no ruler, but my thumb's first knuckle is right about an inch long, so the big acorn is just about an inch long. The smaller one is half that. :)

[chomiji]

Actually, I meant it's hard to tell on that oak comparison page - those acorns aren't presented in a way that allows one to be compared with another for size.

Look, here's a better page (PDF this time). According to a page I found on planting trees in your area, your oaks are:

Bur oak
Shumard oak
Blackjack oak
Chinquapin (or "chinkapin") oak
Live oak
Texas red oak
Bigelow oak
Lacey oak

[rachelmanija.livejournal.com]

I was hoping you'd do an acorn comparison.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Still vaguely tempted to plant them, although our new yard is so small there's really no place I can where it'll remain safe from rogue lawnmowers or where eventual roots won't disrupt foundations and things.

[cicer.livejournal.com]

Perhaps it is a spaceship for tiny aliens, cleverly disguised as an acorn!

[madame-manga.livejournal.com]

Squirrels drop random things in my yard that came from a block away. Actually, they rip up my new seedlings to BURY random things as if they were saving up for the Long Winter. :P

[wolflantern.livejournal.com]

It might be a Burr Oak (Quercus macrocarpa), or a hybrid of Burr Oak and another species. I have a Burr Oak hybrid (ID'ed by botanist friend) and its acorns look just like that.