gtag('config', 'UA-1658554-11', { White oak is usually slightly more expensive than red oak. This makes it a bit more resilient when it comes to denting. Scientifically, the post oak is known as Quercus stellata. This white oak species is very common and widespread; it is often the species we get when buying white oak lumber. 4. The best post oak grows in bottomlands in eastern Texas and in the Mississippi River valley in western Mississippi, southeastern Arkansas, and Louisiana. Grandpa always says "Red oak never lay it down, white oak stick it in the ground." White oak has larger and more pronounced ray flecks when perfectly quartersawn and historically has been used more often in antiques than red oak. Post oak (Quercus stellata), sometimes called iron oak, is a medium-sized tree abundant throughout the southeastern and south-central United States where it forms pure stands in the prairie transition area.This slow-growing oak tree typically occupies rocky or sandy ridges and dry woodlands with a variety of soils and is considered drought resistant. It can adapt to a variety of soil textures, but prefers deep, moist, well-drained sites. We have white, northern red, southern red, black, scarlet, chestnut, post, and shingle oaks, but no water oaks. It is a long-lived oak, native to eastern and central North America and found from Minnesota, Ontario, Quebec, and southern Maine south as far as northern Florida and eastern Texas. White Oak vs. Red Oak – While red oak and white oak may appear very similar to the untrained eye, the two woods are actually quite different. All 3 are great base woods for your coal base. They rank fairly low, with a hardness of 540 pound-feet (lb-ft). White and yellow poplar are hardwoods, but they are among the softest of the hardwoods. The decisions are entirely dependent on the user’s preferences. white oak is the hardest and burns the hottest, red oak is about medium hardness and density and very available, post oak is also a common wood and has a mellower smoke than red oak, but burns faster. I ask because its hard to get post oak up here but plain old white oak trees are greatly available. Fully dried post oak is unbeatable flavor wise. The plugs are called tyloses. It is similar to the post oak which also grows with blackjack oak, but the leaf lobes are more pronounced and not bristle-tipped.. Blackjack Oak Tree - Photo by David Stephens, Bugwood.org More. [CDATA[//>