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Identify oak by acorn?

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From: Chris Wargo City: Lake Zurich, IL
Can you suggest some method to identify what sort of oak acorn I have collected? Unfortunately, I do not know what tree they cam from. I would like to germinate them but understand that the type of oak is important for the process. Thanks.
	Extension Message From: Jay Hayek Extension Specialist, Forestry Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences jhayek@illinois.edu
Sure, here are three easy ways: 1) Do a simple "Google" search for native oak acorns. 2) Bring an acorn to your local U of I Extension office for identification purposes. 3) Send me several high-resolution images of the acorn (with cap) for identification purposes. Please note that I can only identify your "oak tree" if you provide me with enough high-quality information for identification purposes!
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