I am looking for some cherry bark oak acorns if any of you fine gentlemen have access to some. We have a small cut area around demopolis we are looking at replanting and thinking about getting some cherry bark oak trees growing. I have a few trees around my area that I have found a few acorns but not many. If anyone here has access or had a few around the house that can be picked up, I will gladly pay for shipping and your time.

Correct me if I'm wrong here, but isn't a cherry bark oak acorn very similar in shape and size to a water oak acorn, except the cherry bark oak acorn has more of a reddish brown color when ripe with thin vertical lines?? Rumor is Alabama (central AL) is home to more species of oak tree than anywhere in the world. I often see the same few acorns but in heavy acorn production years I see lots of acorns that I am unfamiliar with. Thanks

Thanks swamp.....I have been eyeing this site but just wasn't sure of how well they'd do but I guess it wouldn't hurt. In my mind a handful of acorns would be easier to plop in the ground but 1 year old sprouts would have a big advantage once the first year's old clearcut junk pops out of the ground. Lots of competition in a clear cut!

The Wildlife Group in Tuskegee has a great catalog as well. I've bought from them for years. Always great stuff. Good luck!

Mighty dang fine wood for smoking. I haves me a few piles of it 👍

James, this comment makes me want to throw some meat on the grill and roll some smoke!

They’ll grow. Amazing place. Toured the Nativ Nurseries facility about 10 years ago when I was a distributor and planted 6 late drop and regular live oak seedlings and 3 bigger trees I brought back from West Point. The bigger trees are now producing acorns and the seedlings all survived and are growing except for one. The one that died was my fault because of where I planted it but the others are thriving. The guy who ran the place is now on Gamekeepers tv and a horticultural genius. My deer are loving the acorns especially the one late drop tree.

Mash that bug swampy, that thing is fuggin with me....

Yep, he straight up got me with it

Any of you guys have any experience with replanting a clear cut with different oaks instead of planting pines? What would be some good ways to minimize weed competition for the first few years for each seedling? Spraying roundup around each small tree over 40 or so acres would be a daunting task. Or should I just let nature take its course?

Go talk with the local NRCS office. I was told last year they had some funding programs for replanting oak hardwoods in that area. They will also have a good plan for maximizing replanting results.

The Nativ nursery folks would be more than happy to answer your questions. They are a great bunch of folks.

I'll dig into that and see what happens. Thanks.

Nativnursery is pushing a white x overcup hybrid.
Claiming 8 ft of growth a season on their utube video. Might be worth checking into also.

little off topic, when we had land in Furman, we had a state champion Cherry bark oak that they plaqued. You could have moved two family of Juans in that tree. Also had a state champion Shumard oak a couple miles away from it. Man, I miss that place and ol Arnolds boston butt sammichs. I don't know who owns the property now but, that tree was always loaded with acorns.