NativNurseries's video: White x Overcup Hybrid Oak

Toxey, Mr. Fox, some local tree nerds, and the owners of a behemoth, open grown white oak have for years agreed something was unique about this old pasture-tree's personality. They also took note of its track record for heavy acorn production and deer preference. Despite reservations from both in-house and borrowed experts regarding their theory that this oak had mixed parentage, its progeny and a couple of recent, nearby hybrid finds that more closely resembled overcup oak solved the mystery. The seedlings don't come close to resembling a young white oak's pink and fuzzy emerging leaves, but have shiny, purple tinged new growth. This oak is indeed a white oak crossed with overcup! Although the parent tree and its acorns more closely resemble a true white oak, the seedlings take on a fairly uniform "half and half" look, and grow much more vigorously than both white and overcup. Please Subscribe to our Channel www.youtube.com/user/nativnurseries