Trees from a distance

[cuttenwolf]

X should I stay out of this?

 

[theXman]

yes, please do bob. that's what i meant about cheaters. thanks.

 

[cuttenwolf]

I wouldn't have gotten involved. Just busten'

 

[BostonBull]

Going off the fruit alone.......


Poncirus trifoliata - trifoliate orange?

 

[theXman]

No,not poncirus trifoliata. $10 off and I tell ya if it's in the orange or citris family at all.

 

[BostonBull]

Castanea dentata - American chestnut?

 

[easyphloem]

How about knock off $50 and put up a picture that's in focus?


SZ

 

[BostonBull]

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How about knock off $50 and put up a picture that's in focus?


SZ

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that wouldn't be nearly as fun

 

[easyphloem]

You're right Jim.


I just get too impatient.

The fruit looks like Granny Smith Apples.



SZ

 

[trees4ever]

Okay, I'm going for a double-hitter (from the left-side of the continent)

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Xman's tree = Cydonia oblonga (Fruiting Quince)

Waldo's tree = Chamaecyparis lawsoniana (Port Orford Cedar)


-Diane-

 

[Waldo]

round of applause! nice job IDing the port orford cedar!

 

[trees4ever]

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nice job IDing the port orford cedar!

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Thanks, Waldo.

As you probably know, in the early 20th century it was THE most valuable timber tree in the West.
As for size - the Elk Creek Champion Port Orford cedar
is 239 ft. tall with 12 ft. DBH
and is 5 ft. thick at 90 ft. up!
Now that's a tree!
Also, they smell SO nice on warm summer days.

-Diane-

 

[Waldo]

Very astute!

 

[theXman]

i was away in florida. now i'm back and will add more to this.

I will go back to Cecil County, Maryland and take some good clear pictures of the tree, I wanted to anyway.

I do have some clear pictures of the fruit and will add these here in the next few days.

or maybe now....

 

[theXman]

fruit 1, whole.

 

[theXman]

fruit cut open.

 

[KyLimbwalker]

Auracauria heterophylla?

 

[banjo]

Asminia triloba. Common Paw Paw

 

[theXman]

someone in the last 15 posts, got very close.

It's in the Rose family.

picture was actually taken in December, fruit all over the ground at that time.

fruit edible, but not very desirable, not really grown commercially.

fruit is hard.

I hope the person that got close, will pick the right specie and get it right.

Winning jackpot is now down to $60 with all these hints.

I've only seen one of these trees and have heard about one other in Maryland.

Tree deciduous.

basically a pink flower.

no thorns on this tree.

introduced to US around 1900, some books say 1800's. so I don't know for sure.

 

[trees4ever]

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someone in the last 15 posts, got very close.

It's in the Rose family.

I hope the person that got close, will pick the right specie and get it right.


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That would be me.
The other species is Chinese quince (Pseudocydonia sinensis)

Let me know.

-Diane