Trees from a distance

[theXman]

okay, just saw this one in the woods.

cell phone picture.

$25 to the winner if no hints to get the right answer.

I'll submit more photos later if no one is correct, but then no prize money.

 

[theXman]

I know what most of you are going to call it before you even write it, and it's wrong.

sorry that photo is sideways, too lazy to fix it.

 

[williamd]

Asimina triloba.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Magnolia acuminata. I changed my guess.

Now we can all wait until midnight for X to answer.

 

[JDT3120]

Nyssa sylvatica

 

[theXman]

William, pawpaw is what I figured I would have guessed from the picture too.

not paw paw and not cucumber magnolia.



not black gum

 

[theXman]

prize money jumped to $50 now!

5 total guesses per person allowed.

Tuesday July 20th at midnight ends the prize money.

after midnight July 20th, another picture up close will be submitted and you can guess for fun and recognition then.

no clues till then. I'll tell ya if you get it right of course though...

 

[robinia]

Chionanthus virginicus

 

[tomthetreeman]

Shagbark Hickory.

 

[JDT3120]

Franklinia alatamaha

 

[williamd]

Persimmon, Diospyros virginiana. This was actually my first guess but went with paw paw.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Pawpaw was a damn good guess.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Well, I have three more guesses, here are two more:

Magnolia tripelata

Magnolia pyramidata

Tomorrow's my birthday, so bring it, X. Tell me I'm right bee-otch.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

If not Persimmon, I say magnolia virginiana. Never seen a paw paw. Only read about them in Donald C. Peattie's book. Very familiar with persimmon and sweet bay.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Oh, NOW you want on the Magnolia bandwagon? If you're right... "I loosened it for you!" hahahahahaha!

-Tom

 

[robinia]

Magnolia sp.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yeah, you too, Robin. Buncha apes!

 

[williamd]

It would have been the first magnolia I guessed. But It seemed too obvious. They're common around here. Not really eye catchers. If I posted one I would expect a pretty quick Id from one of you. But as I check the natural range I notice that RI is too far north. Not a common tree for you.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Gaining popularity quickly... We are 6 and 6a, so although it's not common, it is native.

I still hope you are wrong, you damned hitch-hiker.

"It would have been the first magnolia I guessed"

Yeah, right. Whatever.

-Tom

 

[williamd]

Actually, I'm wrong. They're not 'that' common. I see them once in a while in natural settings and as ornamentals . But X's tree looks like one. But I still think that's too obvious a guess. It's gotta be something else. They grow wild in RI?