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TurboShorts t1_jd8psac wrote

That'd be an elm, not an oak

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Daveofthecave t1_jd9z820 wrote

Glad someone else noticed... oaks tend to have gnarlier bark, while older, stressed elms are usually inflicted with bacterial wetwood (as seen here), where a sappy substance oozes down the bark, causing dark discoloration.

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