Need some help here guys

[MattyD]

Oh! if those buds weren't from the big tree then that big tree has to be Magnolia acuminata

 

[RGus]

They are two different trees. If you compare the leaves of the two trees they are different. The leaves in the twig picutre have serrated margins, and the leaves in the tree picture have smooth margins.

 

[BostonBull]

Im climbiung this tree this weekend to get good pictures.

I saw no "noses" on the large tree, to tell me its a Cucumber tree. It may be a state champ if it is?

 

[banjo]

My first thought on the second set of pics was Cucumber tree too.

 

[JeffL]

Its not a state champ, I know of one nearly 4' dbh with a single stem and probably between 55-65' tall on a main state road in Springfield, MA. ;-D

A cucumber magnolia that is.