What type of tree is this?

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TheFied

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There are a few of these trees in my neighborhood. They look like a live oak tree but their leaf is different. In the 2 pics below, I have a picture of a leaf on the left of a live oak tree and on the right is the tree in question. A neighbor of mine thought it was a Monterrey Oak (Mexican White Oak) but after looking that up the leaf looks different.

It almost looks like a Rocky Mountain White Oak or maybe just a white oak. The leaf is lobed like a Burr Oak but not as big of a leaf as a Burr Oak.

What is the verdict?

I have below

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These trees are pretty tall (> 20 feet). Is that still Post Oak? Bark reminds me of a live oak, definitely not Burr Oak.

So this definitely is not a Monterrey Oak (which is a Mexican White Oak), right?
 
I don't believe that is a red oak. Red oaks have much sharper leaves. In fact I read online that "white oaks" have lobed leaves as compared to red oaks which are sharper. Burr Oaks are in the white oak family per the article I read and also have lobed leaves (albeit much larger leaves).
 
What is an escarpment live oak? I looked it up and I have no idea how to tell if those are the type of live oaks we have.
 
Post Oaks and Shin Oaks have that leaf shape.

Since you said the bark looks like a live oak I think that positively identifies it as a post oak. Shin Oaks have a thinner peeling bark similar to the way a Texas Persimmon peels, but without the smooth trunk underneath..
 
Jelly, I live in SW Austin a bit further than Circle C. These Post Oaks are native trees -- they weren't planted by the builders or the developers and look to be 20+ years old. Some really good sized ones. Easily taller than 20 feet.

I have never seen Post Oaks for sale at Natural Gardener or at least I need to look harder next time.
 
"I have never seen Post Oaks for sale at Natural Gardener or at least I need to look harder next time."

Come to think of it, I never see them there either (or any other nursery). We had to replace some trees a few years ago after a big storm (I live by campus) and I bought bur oaks. I guess the good news is that we will not have to replace any trees after Thursday's storm (which was even worse).
 
Jelly, my dad has 2 Bur Oaks that he bought shortly after my parents bought their current house in ~1986. They were as big a round as your thumb or maybe 2 thumbs.... He put them in the backyard about 35 feet apart (I did a rough measure walking it). Today 22 years later they are touching each other. They are massive trees.

I did not know this until trying to figure out what the trees I posted were but Bur Oaks are part of the White Oak family.

I bought a Bur Oak for my backyard at Natural Gardener for $25. About 6 feet tall but about 1-2 thumbs in thickness. I planted that last summer and it is doing well.
 
Post Oaks have too sensitive of a root system to transplant, that is why they aren't in nurseries.

You can grow them from acorns, but once they get a few feet tall you have to leave them in the ground. Too much digging around them can easily kill them.
 
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