Trees from a distance

[climbncut]

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Quercus laurifolia.

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Correct!

 

[robinia]

Hey alright!

OK, I'll admit I found this next one online. sorry, I just couldn't resist.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Syringa or Prunus. A whole world of options!

 

[robinia]

no Syringa, no Prunus.

 

[JeffL]

Bonzai apple/crap apple tree?

 

[tomthetreeman]

I was thinking Malus, too, Jeff. The bark looks like it, anyway.

-Tom

 

[robinia]

Not Malus, or any other rosacea.
The big clue is indeed the bark. When you get it it may seem really obvious; the bark looks exactly the same as similar sized branches on a 70' tree, only maybe a bit grayer.

 

[JeffL]

Hell, betula allegheniensis?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Sophora, Styphnolobum japonicum

 

[robinia]

Not Betula
Not Sophora, Styphnolobum japonicum

Here is what Dirr has to say about the species:
"What a disastrous tree - unfortunately, it is still sold and planted. Many arborists made their fortunes from the limb breakage and general decline of this species. Usually I can find a bright light in every tree's closet - not so here."

 

[tomthetreeman]

Someone bonsaied a Callery pear??? They finally found a use for it!

 

[Dwelch5446]

Ulmus americana?

 

[tomthetreeman]

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"What a disastrous tree - unfortunately, it is still sold and planted. Many arborists made their fortunes from the limb breakage and general decline of this species. Usually I can find a bright light in every tree's closet - not so here."

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Dwelch, you're kidding about American Elm, right?

 

[Dwelch5446]

I guess I was reading too much into the decline clue because there is definitely a bright light in its closet. My buddies dad is really into Bonsai, can do some cool stuff. Heres a couple of his

 

[robinia]

"The leaves...are unbelievably susceptible to...
In fact, the tree often looks like a brown bag in summer because of the incessant beetle feeding."

 

[trees4ever]

I'll guess:
Poplar - as in Populus
Any one of its many (too many...35

) species.

-Diane

 

[Waldo]

Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila

 

[robinia]

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Siberian elm, Ulmus pumila

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Waldo's got it!

Nicely done.
(or do you have the book with those quotes?)

 

[Waldo]

That sounds like something dirr would say, and yes i have most of his books. i think i'll have one up tomorrow, it'll be a good one.

 

[Waldo]

straight from my back yard!