Trees from a distance

[robinia]

No Sir(s).

 

[tomthetreeman]

So, someone was close... I figured rubra was close to coccinea, so maybe palustris was close, and its...

phellos?

 

[robinia]

palustris was not the close one. And by 'close' I really should have said 'closer'.

At the time of the clue there was:
Q. palustris
Q. coccinea
Q. alba

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WhuikFY1Pg&feature=fvw

BTW: now there are 2 that are close...

 

[williamd]

Macrocarpa.

 

[robinia]

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Macrocarpa.

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BAMM!!

This is in my own backyard. I've got 3 of 'em this size, 100'ers.

 

[williamd]

Macrocarpa belongs to the white oak family right? I was looking for lighter barked Oaks whose natural range extended into ontario. Your tree was in a forest setting. Macrocarpa is the northernmost oak. Phila./S.Jersey is south of their range. I've only seen them in local arboretums. There might be one at the Phila. Zoo.

 

[climbncut]

Ulmus americana

 

[Waldo]

Quercus palustris, the pin oak

 

[williamd]

Neither.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Prunus serotina?

(It couldn't be as easy as Silver Maple, could it?)

-Tom

 

[williamd]

No and (No).

 

[tomthetreeman]

Salix alba (or fragilis?)

Two-fisted guessing again.

 

[robinia]

Quercus imbricaria

 

[williamd]

i thought it was salix nigra. But Tom is right. Salix alba. I see a willow on a stream bank that's not weeping and assume native black willow. Was unaware that the white has become so naturalized and is probably as (or more) common along suburban streams as the black. I'm getting a schooling from this thread.

 

[williamd]

Here is the trunk. The leaves have whitish undersides.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Cool. Here's a softball if you know the tree...

 

[williamd]

ailanthus

 

[tomthetreeman]

no, not that...

 

[williamd]

chionanthus virginicus. Fringe Tree.

 

[willbranch]

Hamamelis vernalis