Trees from a distance

[guymayor]

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I'll go with palm too. It must have taken ages to create this sand sculpture. Where was it?

[/ QUOTE ]Virginia beach, 1st weekend in October every year. Intl comp, always cool stuff.

The couple seems very happy being close to that tree, both as kids and oldsters. see the boy's expression compared to the old man's. note also they are harvesting those mushrooms--aphrodisiacal?

Back to real trees--here's one that I can ID for a change.

One of my faves; I have 100 babies coming up nicely.

Pardon if dupe.

 

[guymayor]

thread is dead on the holiday weekend. here's a closeup.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Ummm... Styrax?

 

[guymayor]

nope, gets much larger than styrax

 

[tomthetreeman]

So you're hoping I don't just throw out H. monticola again, right?

How about H. monticola?

 

[scubadude1188]

Nyssa sylvatica?

 

[guymayor]

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Nyssa sylvatica?

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you're getting very warm, but this leaf is longer.

 

[guymayor]

Okay, I am forced to pull out the clue of all clues:

Irrigation of this sp. is either a big challenge, or no trouble at all.

there ya go.

 

[robinia]

A quick google search sends me toward Nyssa aquatica - a tree I know nothing about... Seems to fit the last clue (as well as "very warm" next to N. sylvatica.)

 

[guymayor]

FINALLY! Rob jumps all over that last gimme-clue--his turn!

an excellent tree--like baldcypress it grows better fully immersed than not. Stormwater engineers take note.

 

[robinia]

I'll get something up later today, unless someone else wants to go...

 

[JeffL]

Here's one. Only one I've seen, sprouted up I a field on a veggie management project. Took me a bit of work to id it, but may be an easy one for someone who may be in its native range.

 

[JeffL]

Its the compound leafed thinger in the piles of goldenrod

 

[tomthetreeman]

Caragana arborescens?

 

[JeffL]

Nosir

 

[zale]

Mimosa?

 

[robinia]

Robinia hispida? (doesn't really look hairy enough...)

or maybe Zanthoxylum americanum ?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Acacia?

 

[JeffL]

I will say that Rob is in the right family with robinia spp.

 

[theXman]

Jeff, this is so weird, I think I saw that short tree today, for the first time in my life.

We saw a thick area of this small tree, had locust type stem and compound leaves.

I said to MattyD, it HAS to be some kind of locust. anyway, it had these upright flowers, like bottlebrush style and were purple.

I was going to try to ID when i got time. IF this is the same thing, this will speed up the process, so thanks.

I said, I bet it is some invasive locust from Asia.