Trees from a distance

[tomthetreeman]

When he said it was a one genus family I went straight for the Audubon guide!

I always guess from the gut, but once I'm stumped all bets are off! I do whatever it takes... Including high-res GPS computer laser-tronics.

-Tom

 

[JeffL]

I can have something in a bit to put up...

 

[robinia]

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one genus family

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It's actually not, sorry if that was confusing. I figured 'Rhamnaceae' would pretty well solve it, and I don't recognize many other genera there.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Yeah, I figured that... The ones I did find did not match your tree, either.

-Tom

 

[JeffL]

I got nothing! Someone jump in

 

[tomthetreeman]

This is another from the Morton. I'm going to be offline all day, so guess away!

 

[robinia]

something Ulmus. Maybe one of the "resistant" cultivars?

 

[Starlet]

Zelkova?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Rob's on the right track... Not a cultivar, though. And certainly not a common tree as far as I know.

-Tom

 

[robinia]

hmmm, an uncommon elm?

How about U. villosa or U. castaneifolia.

 

[tomthetreeman]

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hmmm, an uncommon elm?

How about U. villosa or U. castaneifolia.

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Nay.

 

[robinia]

U. davidianna?

 

[tomthetreeman]

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U. davidianna?

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No

 

[tomthetreeman]

I think that's going to be my new thing... Totally irrelevant smilies.

 

[tomthetreeman]

OK, so you're bored? Need a clue? What?

If this tree could cut through a tin can, it would only get sharper!

-Tom

 

[robinia]

um...
U. laciniata? "cut-leaf elm"

 

[theXman]

(Okay, I'll try to post this for the second time. Don't know what happened.)

Your clue suggests Ginzu knife, so one of those words should be a hint.

The only thing close to the word Ginzu would be a tree called Akou. But it doesn't look quite like that.

From the looks, I'd say Japanese Stewartia – Stewartia pseudocamellia.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Xman, you've almost got it. And just to reiterate, it is an elm.

 

[theXman]

no one has said Chinese Elm, Ulmus parvifolia; because it's kinda common and you said it was not a common tree as far as you knew.

but, I'll just throw it out there anyway.

 

[theXman]

Ulmus chenmoui W. C. Cheng, commonly known as the Chenmou, or Langya Mountain Elm.

because of it's doubly serrate leaf margins; is that how it is joined to the hint? Ginzu knife has double serrated edge maybe?