Alright, here are the details of the specimen that I'm looking at. It has oppositely arranged buds. The buds themselves are quite stout (along with the twig). The pith is corky. The buds are kind of set in a deep "U" which is the leaf scar that surrounds it. Definitely has a true terminal bud and it's less than 3/8" long. If you need any more details just ask! Comment your guess. :D
Hey bud, don't be shy to go long on a video of this variety. We are here for the channel/knowledge. Trees offer food/medicine all four seasons. First we we need to know what they are. Thanks for sharing great content!
Id love to hear more about an observation I made about some local trees, especially smaller ones. I noticed a tree about my height with many branches and many terminal buds. On this tree in particular, a certain black mold was seemingly selectively infecting and digesting the terminal buds of the tree. This is fascinating to me, because it is inherently both an indication of a preferable nutrient content in the terminal buds (which makes sense given differential growth hormone distributions like auxin) and a natural selection mechanism where growth tends to far more terminal buds and a bushier shorter tree due to the molds desire for the nutrients in the terminal buds. The mold is selectively farming and refining out the nutrients it prefers whether it is aware this will induce more terminal bud growth or not. The entire exterior of the plant looked healthy, but all terminal buds were blackened and shrivelling. It appears the mold infiltrated the vasculature to selectively consume the terminal buds. Any info on what molds do this, what plants are prone to this, nutrient differences between side and terminal buds, and any valuable information that could be derived from this would be great!
very peculiar observations. I’m afraid I’ll be of little help here as I know very little about tree diseases. The one piece of direction that I can provide is that if your are finding a cluster of terminal buds on the twig, rather than a single (or in some cases a group of 3) then you’re very likely looking at an Oak!
The twig I'm trying to ID is alternating has 1 leaf scar per bud, with multiple black scales and the bark of the twig is brown and smooth 🤔 any idea what that could be?
I do like your presentation. I remember in Biology class going out and collecting plants and flowers and having to identify them then press them and mount them on a card. I still have my collection but it is not in the best of condition any longer. Still it was a fun exercise in identifying plants in the area. Our area was the American River in Sacramento.
There is no substitute for actually going out and observing the patterns of nature in the wild! This was something that was missing from my time in public school, but I hope that will change for future generations.
