Thank you, that was my thought as well and the majority of the leaves around the other side of the fenceline are of a water oak however I sent the pic to an LA friend of mine who wasn't positive due the the branch structure (which as you can tell, is pretty jacked up). I knew that I could count...
Our dumpster is located right next to this tree so I've checked both sides of the fence and there's too many types of leaves around to identify it (at least for a newbie like myself). Any help would be much appreciated!
Thank you guys and my apologies for not getting back to this thread sooner. I have taken this to our local extension in Charleston and they are going to send it to the lab for testing. It really blows being a "newbie" in this business because there's so much to learn. I wish I would've...
Whatever this is has spread from the trunk throughout all of the branches. It's about a 65 ft oak in a center island of a community we currently maintain. While I have my arborist cert....it's one thing to pass a test, it's impossible to know everything in a six month period. Any help would...