Trees from a distance

[climbncut]

Another...

 

[tomthetreeman]

Hahahaha! I figured it was C. glabra, but I figured it was better to be 1/2 right than 1/2 wrong, so I left the species out. What a friggin' coward.

Awesome tree. I have another if Grover will split a turn with me.

-Tom

 

[TC]

Nice tree climbncut.

Tom, I'll spilt a turn with you just to confuse us all even more.

When I looked at your latest pic I wanted to say Cerdidiphyllum japonicum (Katsura tree) but something is stopping me from fully committing to that answer.

Ok..here's mine, cleaning up a storm damaged limb - pic is from last winter, notice the winter flowering Rhododendron in the foreground (thats not a clue by the way). the tree is not dying back its just naturally thin for some strange reason.

 

[brendonv]

Stewartia, Tom.

 

[JeffL]

White oak

 

[tomthetreeman]

Not a Stewartia.

I think Jeff is onto something. I know of only a few trees that develop trunk scars like that. Basswood and elm do it, but the branching looks more like white oak. Or a giant Ostrya, but I think not.

-Tom

 

[theXman]

Tom's: some kind of foriegn or hybrid Ulmus?

Grover's: sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)

 

[TC]

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White oak

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Nope, twas Quercus robur - English Oak, good guess though.

 

[jerseygirl]

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Hahahaha! I figured it was C. glabra, but I figured it was better to be 1/2 right than 1/2 wrong, so I left the species out. What a friggin' coward.

Awesome tree. I have another if Grover will split a turn with me.

-Tom

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To me - BEECH BEECH BEECH

but I am VERY VERY seldom correct

 

[JeffL]

Ok, this has gotten confusing, can one person post a new pic and we all agree to disagree on that?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Here's another pic (same one). We are down to one since Grover gave his up anyway. I would have kept guessing on that one, it was a good TFAD puzzler!

-Tom

(PS - The attachment in the original post is larger; I had trouble attaching this one.)

 

[TC]

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Ok, this has gotten confusing, can one person post a new pic and we all agree to disagree on that?

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Multitask!!!

Tom - Lilac?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Not a Syringa.

-Tom

 

[JeffL]

Halesia!?>

 

[tomthetreeman]

Nope!

 

[TC]

Tom,

Is it Davidia involucrata?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yes indeed it is!

-Tom

 

[TC]

Ha ha, I had to get help for that one!

how bout this? botanical name only please.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Tilia cordata?

 

[JeffL]

Acer platanoides