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    what are the pale brown scales which grow on the stem of an oak seedling called?

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    Colleen

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    I believe they are called loose scales or broad plates which become the bark of the tree when it matures. Quercus rubra is the name of the tree but not the name of the scales on the stem.

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    Quercus rubra


     

    ROMOS

    Wow!needed to know that.
    Ducky

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    In case they start growing on YOU?
    ROMOS

    I like my greens & pinks & oranges.


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