Trees from a distance
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- Findlay, Ohio
Carya?
(if so, my first stab at specific epithet would be illinoinensis)
(if so, my first stab at specific epithet would be illinoinensis)
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- Findlay, Ohio
Juglans?
That was my first reaction when i looked on the phone, but I talked myself out of it on the computer screen.
That was my first reaction when i looked on the phone, but I talked myself out of it on the computer screen.
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- Maine Island
Morus?
It is not a Morus. The leaves, like Morus, are simple.
Winning winning, chicken dining.
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- Findlay, Ohio
I was thinking pulmia to pick up the constant flow of twigs (but leaves dont look right - bark kinda does)
Lots of dead sticks/b
That'll do - I assume that was an autocorrect. Ulmus pumila.
I had only recently been exposed to these, having removed a ~10" in North Dakota last summer while on holiday at my brother's place. It was a strangely miniaturized technical climb because it was in a box canyon between the primary, the house drop, and a shed, and I didn't have spikes. The bark on the younger tree did not look like this - it was smoother. But, these elms, alive and dead, were everywhere in small town ND, and I got used to seeing the deeply furrowed bark with random lace pattern.
Anyways, I saw it during a project three weeks ago and could not figure out what it was. Kept walking by it shaking my head. I took pics and occassionally looked at them. Finally, I was getting a little wigged out because I'm a tree guy and this is my turf, so I decided a little peer pressure would help. Posted it on the Buzz, and got to work staying ahead of you guys. I had a little help from an associate here, who said he thought it was an elm. I was casting around between elms, alders, etc. Everything about it looked like a cottonwood except the leaves, lol. I refocused on elms, realized it wasn't a local species, and then made the connection to the ones I saw in ND. I had been a little embarrassed to ask my client, but shored up, I messaged:
"I've been identifying this tree since I saw it. Did you and George plant it, and is it a Siberian elm?"
The response:
"I planted it way back when I had a horse farm and put it on the side of the paddock. I believe I got it as part of some arbor day thing in the mail. You were supposed to keep it trimmed into a hedge- which I obviously didn't."
I googled "Siberian elm hedge" and learned that they are a popular hedge material.
Now I want to see if this one, at the extreme of its range in 9a, is getting out and about in the nearby creeks and ponds, or if just this tree exists, possibly the only one in the county, in a fallowed sandhill pasture...
That'll do - I assume that was an autocorrect. Ulmus pumila.
I had only recently been exposed to these, having removed a ~10" in North Dakota last summer while on holiday at my brother's place. It was a strangely miniaturized technical climb because it was in a box canyon between the primary, the house drop, and a shed, and I didn't have spikes. The bark on the younger tree did not look like this - it was smoother. But, these elms, alive and dead, were everywhere in small town ND, and I got used to seeing the deeply furrowed bark with random lace pattern.
Anyways, I saw it during a project three weeks ago and could not figure out what it was. Kept walking by it shaking my head. I took pics and occassionally looked at them. Finally, I was getting a little wigged out because I'm a tree guy and this is my turf, so I decided a little peer pressure would help. Posted it on the Buzz, and got to work staying ahead of you guys. I had a little help from an associate here, who said he thought it was an elm. I was casting around between elms, alders, etc. Everything about it looked like a cottonwood except the leaves, lol. I refocused on elms, realized it wasn't a local species, and then made the connection to the ones I saw in ND. I had been a little embarrassed to ask my client, but shored up, I messaged:
"I've been identifying this tree since I saw it. Did you and George plant it, and is it a Siberian elm?"
The response:
"I planted it way back when I had a horse farm and put it on the side of the paddock. I believe I got it as part of some arbor day thing in the mail. You were supposed to keep it trimmed into a hedge- which I obviously didn't."
I googled "Siberian elm hedge" and learned that they are a popular hedge material.
Now I want to see if this one, at the extreme of its range in 9a, is getting out and about in the nearby creeks and ponds, or if just this tree exists, possibly the only one in the county, in a fallowed sandhill pasture...
ATH
Been here much more than a while
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- Findlay, Ohio
Oops...bad sepllign on my part
Pretty trashy trees. Always dropping stuff. Gum up the saw. They get a lot of dead branches (that don't break as easy as you'd expect for such a fragile tree).
I see it now...but also though I was looking at compound leaves (obviously from my guesses).
Pretty trashy trees. Always dropping stuff. Gum up the saw. They get a lot of dead branches (that don't break as easy as you'd expect for such a fragile tree).
I see it now...but also though I was looking at compound leaves (obviously from my guesses).
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- Findlay, Ohio
2 of these:
Just for laughs, bonus points for the middle tree.
Just for laughs, bonus points for the middle tree.
So how was the wheelbarrow a clue?
The siberian elms apparently cast off a lot of debris, which need picking up. This is consistent with what I saw with this one. It has a large wound from a leader peeling off, and lots of dead twigs/branches everywhere in the crown, like a cottonwood. Homeowner was fighting the fight. Sorry if that wasn't a good clue. Figured I would start with harder clues, then end with those purdy leaves.
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