Trees from a distance

[robinia]

has anyone guessed Acer rubrum?

 

[williamd]

BAMM!!

 

[tomthetreeman]

Acer rubrum... Native and indigenous to a pretty wide area... Still looks like a sugar!!! Frickin newbie posting double TsFAD! Bastid! ;-)

-Tom

 

[robinia]

so what did Tom post?!?

(so far, not wingnut or prunus...)

 

[williamd]

Betula glandulosa

 

[tomthetreeman]

Not a Betula. I am hanging from a tree of the same genus in this pic from today.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

Large, toothed, sort of heart shaped simple leaf.
tilia heterophylla or Paper Mulberry (Broussonetia papyrifera, syn. Morus papyrifera L.)

 

[tomthetreeman]

Neither of those... It's generally a smooth barked tree, with some striation. The bark becomes thick and fissured in this species when they get larger.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

Populus heterophylla. BAMM!!

 

[tomthetreeman]

Sorry, will. Not that.

 

[williamd]

Leaves untoothed. Maclura genus. You're in an osage orange even though I see no hint of the fruit. Maybe it's too early.

 

[tomthetreeman]

I cannot give away the family. Sorry. Leaves are finely toothed.

-Tom

 

[robinia]

I was going to say Juglans regia but I don't see compound leaves...

How about Halesia? H. tetraptera?

 

[williamd]

Halesia macgregorii, from China, grows to a large size. Maybe that is the tree you're in.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yes the small tree in the first pic is H. tetraptera.

The large tree is H. monticola.

At least I'm pretty sure of it, based on my best ID skillz. The one characteristic that doesn't agree with all the ID I have found is the form. This tree is broader than it is tall. Other than that, it has all the characteristics of H. monticola.

I'd like to know more about H. macgregorii.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

Good guess. I wasn't aware of the large native H. monticola. I associated Halesia with small tree. The picture of you(Tom) in the larger tree sent me looking for larger trees I am familiar with. This thread is educational.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yeah, I've never seen anything like this tree until I found this one about ayear or two ago. If you have more info on macgregorii, I'd love to hear about it.

I agree, this thread is awesome. I'm addicted.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

From wikipedia:
Halesia macgregorii is a species of flowering plant in the family Styracaceae. It is endemic to southeastern China, where it grows at moderate altitudes of 700–1,200 m. It is threatened by habitat loss.[1][2] Recent genetic evidence suggests it is probably more closely related to the genus Rehderodendron than to other species of Halesia; it may be transferred to that genus in the future.[3]

It is a deciduous tree growing to 24 m tall, with a trunk up to 45 cm diameter. The leaves are 5–13 cm long and 3–4.5 cm broad, with a petiole 5–10 cm long. The flowers are pendulous, 1.5 cm long, with four white petals. The fruit is a dry drupe 2.5–4 cm long and 2–3 cm diameter.

 

[robinia]

2 trees, both the same.
(the spaded ones)

 

[tomthetreeman]

Q. bicolor?