Tree Identification
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. The wood was slightly aromatic.Something I noticed today that may help....a couple of the pieces had new growth on them and they had pretty large buds on them already. They were maybe an inch long. This tree kinda reminds me of a magnolia but I know it isn't.
The mystery continues. Thanks.
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clearly not a beech the leaf does not have the reagular veining that a beech leaf has also the bark is too dark beech are a light grey no beech nuts? clealy appears to be a fruit tree leaf and i'd bet ornamental pear.
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This thread has been bugging me for days. I've seen the leaf and bark years ago when I did tree triming in the winter, but cannot remember what it was.
I just spent an hour at this site and still don't know what it is!
http://forestry.about.com/od/thecomp...ee_anatomy.htm
I hope somebody can figure it out, it's still bugging me.....................................
I just spent an hour at this site and still don't know what it is!
http://forestry.about.com/od/thecomp...ee_anatomy.htm
I hope somebody can figure it out, it's still bugging me.....................................
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Damn you, Nitra......
This is buggin' me, man.....
The 'log' pic you posted and the center of the cut piece looks like a damned hickory to me.....The closest I could come to in the hickory family is the bitternut hickory.....The bark looks damned near the same.....Unfortunately the leaf is narrower......
Bitternut Hickory, A Top 100 Common Tree in North America
I'd swear I'm on the right track with the hickory though.....
This is buggin' me, man.....
The 'log' pic you posted and the center of the cut piece looks like a damned hickory to me.....The closest I could come to in the hickory family is the bitternut hickory.....The bark looks damned near the same.....Unfortunately the leaf is narrower......
Bitternut Hickory, A Top 100 Common Tree in North America
I'd swear I'm on the right track with the hickory though.....
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From: Massachusetts
In college I had to take a course called plant materials. I had to learn all kinds of trees and shrubs by common and latin names. Most I had to identify by buds or bark only. This trees is a very common tree in New England. There are a few species of this tree under the same genus.
Sorry guys............surely is not a beech or even a hickory.
Do you want me to tell you the genus?
Populus.
It is in the poplar group. The green bark was challenging due to the fact only mature trees will show this in the upper canopy.
I am fairly certain it is a white poplar, if not, it is some sort of poplar-aspen. Poplars are in the east and aspens are in the west. The same tree actually but different parts of the country call it different names.
Hope this helps.
Sorry guys............surely is not a beech or even a hickory.
Do you want me to tell you the genus?
Populus.
It is in the poplar group. The green bark was challenging due to the fact only mature trees will show this in the upper canopy.
I am fairly certain it is a white poplar, if not, it is some sort of poplar-aspen. Poplars are in the east and aspens are in the west. The same tree actually but different parts of the country call it different names.
Hope this helps.
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From: Butler, IN
Sorry, not a white poplar. Leaves are different shape and white underneath. Populus alba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Some type of cottonwood maybe?
Some type of cottonwood maybe?
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From: Southern Oregon Coast
The bark does look a lot like aspen bark but aspen leaves are smaller and more round than the OP's leaf is - at least quaking aspens are like that - not sure about other aspen species...
