New England's Native Oak Trees

Incredible documentary of our native species. Thanks for uploading these for our free viewing.

I have four pin oak trees 80' tall (planted in 1968) and one morning a scarlet tanager (whom are hard to find because they like the canopy) was singing his little heart out by my bedroom window in one of them. Between that and watching the bluejays forage those acorns to plant elsewhere and the fact that they host more insects and are beneficial to wildlife than any other tree has really given me an appreciation of them.

I once saw a saying I always remember "The greatest oak was once a little nut that held its ground." Great work!

Phenomenal documentary film. I thought I knew a fair bit about our native forest ecosystems here in New England, but this film delivers a wealth of detailed knowledge unlike any PBS or National Geo production. Superior in every way!!! THANK YOU for making and so generously sharing this film. It deserves an Oscar!

Amazing documentary once again. This has got to be one of the best ones yet. This is even better than professional documentaries we could get on the big tv channels or streaming platforms. Is there any way we can contribute / donate to support the production of these amazing videos? I would love to help if I can - watching all of these for free has been a blessing.

I can not be more thankful for this incredible resource. Masterfully produced and presented.

Well done. This documentary was a work of art. You covered all the native species, naturally occurring hybrids, touched on the loss of the American Chestnut, talked about the symbiotic relationship between various insects, animals, and the oak trees…. Keep up the good work 👍

Amazing film, thanks to all involved. I especially enjoyed the detailed photos of the key ID features across various ages of trees, great resource for anyone in New England or the Northeastern US.

The diversity of Eastern forests is incredible! So many different oaks in a relatively small area. I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains in California and we only have a handful of oak species here.

An absolute perfect documentary on oaks, thank you!

Tremendous video as always. The gold standard for education on New England forests. Thank you greatly for your work.

best videos on YouTube, great way to start the new year, thank you

Thank you New England Forests for another outstanding documentary on our native forests. I look forward to each and every one of your videos. Thanks for producing something well worth watching.

In my hometown East Haddam Connecticut I once found a monster "lone wolf" eastern white oak. I found it while hunting partridge as a young lad on top of a ridgeline. There was an ancient stone wall that stretched the entire length of the ridge beneath it. My grandfather told me it once served as a property line. That was 50 years ago, I'd love to go back today to see if it still stands.

A fantastic look at Oak trees and the life they support!

Thanks for releasing another great informational video. I love the work you do. There is a greta book, called…. Oak, for those who want to understand the history of humanity’s dependence on and use of oak. As a hunter I spend many hours each year perched in trees. Oak is one of my favorites. By the way, its not only loggers that remove oak forests. I owned a 90 acre parcel with the most beautiful and prolific oak forest on it. Many trees more than 18” in diameter. One year we had 3 gypsy moth infestations in one summer. That was more defoliation than the oaks could handle and every single tree perished. What we could not harvest for firewood was left to rot among the many white pines that sprouted up in the newly sunlit forest. It will take more than 100 years for that forest to return to a dominant oak forest.

Such a treat to get a new video from you after a night of partying. I did a little dance of joy

These videos are really relaxing to watch, and it’s also interesting to see the plants and animals that live in New England, since I’ve never been to that part of the country

Quercus macrocarpa amazes me that it grows all the way from Maine to Wyoming, in places that get 60” to 18” of rain yearly, and the fact it doesn’t grow in riparian areas like most very widespread trees in the U.S like populus deltoides and Acer negundo. An amazingly adaptable tree. Really great documentary, showing the minute differences between species and the role oaks play in the ecosystem. 👍🏻

Oaks are my favorite. This level of detail and quality is incredible for such a specific niche in biology