Trees from a distance

[oldoakman]

Treezybreez gets the ring! I'm surprised it took this long, go figure.

 

[Treezybreez]

Cool, are you able to tell Q. hemisphaerica right off the bat or do you have to wait for the blossoms?

How about this one?

 

[TreeLogic]

Prunus subhirtella (pendula)

 

[Treezybreez]

Not Prunus.

 

[TreeLogic]

Salix matsudana

 

[Treezybreez]

Not Salix either.

 

[oldoakman]

weeping european beech. The hemisphaerica's around here are huge trees that are pretty easy to ID. I imagine I would have some trouble with younger trees. I like how they hold their leaves through winter, then drop them one week and push new ones the next week.

 

[Treezybreez]

Looks like your up again Old Q.

Interesting I wish they were in my area.

 

[TreeLogic]

I guess those leaves don't hang on all year like American beech, huh?

 

[Treezybreez]

Apparently not which is a nice feature in my opinion. I took that pic at an arboretum in Spokane, WA.

 

[TreeLogic]

I just think it's cool to drive down the highway in winter, when most trees have no leaves, and see all the copper leaves and instantly know there are a batch of beech trees in those woods.

 

[oldoakman]

There is a cutleaf weeping european purple beech on the Kent State campus in Ohio that is awesome. The branches weep to the ground and you can walk in under the canopy. The old guy is on a tear here, Ha! Here is next, the tree is actually several individuals that form a group, center of picture just left of the stone wall.

 

[TreeLogic]

Cornus florida?

 

[oldoakman]

Not Cornus. This is another invasive. Look at the site too.

 

[TreeLogic]

I'll bet it's camphor

 

[tomthetreeman]

Phellodendron?

 

[oldoakman]

Neither of those.

 

[Treezybreez]

Firmiana simplex?

 

[TreeLogic]

I think the one on the left is Quercus phellos....too bad that's not the one you want.

The only other invasives I really know are yaupon holly and privet. I don't think it's either...

 

[oldoakman]

None of those either, I'll wait on TTT to post up before I give another hint, Maybe a closer pic. And yes, the tree on the left is Q. phellos.