Hour north of Austin, first spring here. I have a question about a couple of trees. Image search is saying they are two different Oak trees. The picture 2 and 3 are of the one on the left. 4, 5 and 6 the one on the right.
The one on the right looks like it has dozens on little ones growing up around the base of both. The one on right after looking closer is a stump that was cut at some point. Looks like it was a decent size tree.
Not sure what to do. Will the right one choke out the left one? Distance between them is about a yard.
by Gingo4564
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I’m no arborist, but that is *very* close for two trees, especially for two *large* trees. My best guess at ID is that the first is a [live oak](http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/TreeDetails/?id=109) and the second one is a [burr oak](http://texastreeid.tamu.edu/content/treedetails/?id=98). The burr oak looks like it is trying to come back from root. Each of those trees are considered large trees that can grow to 50′ tall at maturity. If both trees somehow made it to maturity at their current positions, their trunks would be growing inside each other. It’s not super urgent… but I’d consider talking to an arborist in the next few years. They’ll be better able to assess what should happen for the health of the trees. If one needs to go for the benefit of the other, they’ll be able to provide better recommendations than I could about which needs to go.