Collin001, was the bark of that tree deeply grooved and cork like, if so it very likely is a bur oak. Your seedling strongly resembles that of the ones I had grown out many years ago ...

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I'd have to say yes on that. The appearance of the bark was what caught my eye and brought me to the property in the first place.

It looks exactly like a bur oak to me. They're very common here in MB. The seedling leaves don't show the characteristic rounded edges yet. They should have no trouble whatsoever in zone 2b, actually I'm not sure why they're so common here and not in SK.

My feeling is that this is a burr oak. They typically look like that until they get a few more leaves. Nice trees though, I'm growing two in my backyard.

They generally grow quite slowly and can live a long, long time. In poor soils they will become stunted and grow low and twisted, and still live a long time. In good conditions they can get quite large. I have a photo of a nice specimen in an old cemetery. Can post if interested.

I wondered if I was simply looking at a juvenile leave pattern. I'd like to see a specimen photo northspruce. I thought about planting one of these trees at the very end of the property city permitting of coarse.

I grow lots of them and agree with burr oak..there are some pictures in link.

Here is a link that might be useful: oak

Thanks Konrad, that was helpful. I'm torn between planting in the spring or leaving them grow in containers. Where I am planting will be very exposed to wind and sun and salt.

Containers would be good, perhaps for a couple of years, otherwise it could get lost being so small.

Typical juvenile oak leaves.....not unique to Bur Oak but given your location, it is the most likely choice.

In recent years, many bur oaks have planted in Spruce Grove and growing rather quickly likely due to the good soil they're situated in. The trees vary somewhat in form and fullness with a few of them being extremely attractive.

This is the one in the cemetery. Taken in spring obviously when it was just leafing out. They often don't end up this symmetrical, this is a particularly nice one IMO.

That's a mighty big tree northspruce. Nice. I wonder how long it took to get that size.

Yea..this is a mighty nice oak tree northspruce.
My estimate 50 plus years...perhaps 75?

I have some now about 15 years and I see in spring when they flower that honey bees are on them, so I'm extremely pleased with this,...I never knew this would happen when planted.

At a guess it's right around 100 years old. The cemetery was consecrated in 1910 and the tree is in the middle like it was planted on purpose - but who knows.

Pleased to note a third one will be up in the next day. Newer development on oldest is starting to look more like the adult leaf. I guess in all the fuss I got excited. First time growing these things after all. :) Thanks for bearing with me!

Update: All 6 came up. 100% germination. Here is a shot of what they look like in spring. Currently looking for larger containers.