Trees from a distance

[Reach]

Those look like Silver Maple leaves to me but I've never seen a leafing pattern like that. Maybe a really weird stress response to a crazy pruning job?

That’s my thought too, looks rather like a Silver Maple leaf/bark from a distance but the leaf pattern sure is odd. Maybe the tree was stripped by a bad storm in the past?

 

[JD3000]

Strange, almost like it was over-regulated by PBZ but I've never seen the entirety on branches covered in leaves like that.

First instinct was a ginkgo cultivar due to the minimal bold branching but the leaves look like maple

 

[Njdelaney]

Strange, almost like it was over-regulated by PBZ but I've never seen the entirety on branches covered in leaves like that.

First instinct was a ginkgo cultivar due to the minimal bold branching but the leaves look like maple

That was exactly the same progression my brain went through!

 

[Reach]

That was exactly the same progression my brain went through!

And mine too... Great minds think alike? Or maybe we are all just the same breed of weird. That one seems more likely.

 

[colb]

Cell phone tower.

 

[Tuebor]

I thought ginko at first as well until I saw the close up. There was a storm that blew through last June that did a lot of damage. I was wondering if it could be a response to something the homeowners sprayed in the canals to control vegetation.

 

[ConeCollector]

Tree in the middle. Southeast Michigan. I don't know the answer and I'm not good at tree identification. Friend in the kayak wants to know. View attachment 75965

Forget the tree what kind of kayak is that?

 

[Tuebor]

Forget the tree what kind of kayak is that?

I believe it was custom made. He has a couple of them. Jim is in his mid seventies and has a kayak obsession like we have gear or rope obsessions. Seems like he's always driving somewhere in the Northeast to pick up or drop off a kayak he has bought or sold. He was a flight attendant for the General Motors corporate fight department until they were dissolved. Now he paddles the Detroit River and Lake Erie year-round as long as he can find ice free water.





Sorry for the derail.

 

[Reach]

I believe it was custom made. He has a couple of them. Jim is in his mid seventies and has a kayak obsession like we have gear or rope obsessions. Seems like he's always driving somewhere in the Northeast to pick up or drop off a kayak he has bought or sold. He was a flight attendant for the General Motors corporate fight department until they were dissolved. Now he paddles the Detroit River and Lake Erie year-round as long as he can find ice free water.

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Sorry for the derail.

Wow, those are some beautiful kayaks!

 

[ConeCollector]

I believe it was custom made. He has a couple of them. Jim is in his mid seventies and has a kayak obsession like we have gear or rope obsessions. Seems like he's always driving somewhere in the Northeast to pick up or drop off a kayak he has bought or sold. He was a flight attendant for the General Motors corporate fight department until they were dissolved. Now he paddles the Detroit River and Lake Erie year-round as long as he can find ice free water.

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Sorry for the derail.

So cool! Thank you for the derail!

 

[Njdelaney]

I'll take a turn, I've been waiting for a while hahaha. The big one, dead center. This is Elmwood Cemetery here in Detroit which is also an arboretum.

 

[Jonny]

Ash/ fraxinus ?

 

[ArbMyles]

Acer saccharinum ?

 

[Tuebor]

Ostrya‽

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Carya- pecan I think?

 

[Basswood]

Carya?

 

[Njdelaney]

No to all so far.

 

[Basswood]

Really looks a lot like Liriodendron but I don’t think it is.

 

[ArbMyles]

A different Acer?

 

[Jonny]

Aesculus