Trees from a distance

[robinia]

Not a birch.

 

[tomthetreeman]

How about a Corylus?

 

[Waldo]

parrotia persica

 

[robinia]

None of those.

Don't get distracted by the form - this is not typical. It's not a cultivar or var. The top 2/3rds died and I cut it back to a lateral. I took a little flack for it then but I think it looks pretty damn good now!

 

[boreality]

Tilia?

 

[robinia]

not Tilia.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge.'

 

[robinia]

Sorry Tom, no Ulmus americana 'Valley Forge.'

Let me know if clues are required.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Well... Am I warm?

 

[robinia]

No hits on genus,
Two hits on family.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Hackberry?

 

[robinia]

Not Celtis.
(or any other Cannabaceae

)

 

[boreality]

Alnus tenuifolia?

 

[robinia]

Not Alnus.
But that's three hits for Family...

 

[boreality]

Well then, how about Carpinus Caroliniana?

 

[robinia]

...4 hits...

 

[willbranch]

Ostrya virginiana. American Hophornbeam..........tell me I nailed it

 

[robinia]

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Ostrya virginiana. American Hophornbeam..........tell me I nailed it

[/ QUOTE ]

You nailed it.
Pretty funky one huh?

 

[willbranch]

Yeah one of my favorite natives here! Not sure I would have gotten that without the hints. I'll have a pic up tomorrow sometime .

 

[tomthetreeman]

Leaves look way too big for that species... Is it because it's been maimed? Or maybe the pic is just deceiving hahaha.