Trees from a distance

[tomthetreeman]

No, but there are beech nearby as well, which confused me for a bit, but I ascertained the species after a bit of closer investigation. The clue is obvious once you see it.

 

[Treezybreez]

Castanea pumila?

 

[TreeLogic]

Quercus prinus

 

[oldoakman]

C. dentata

 

[tomthetreeman]

C. dentata

Correct! The clue was the dead tips dying from the chestnut blight. All of the chestnuts in the woods around here (Harvard, MA) are small dead trees with new shoots from the base. A sad state of affairs.

 

[Treezybreez]

That is sad. I only wish that a resistant tree could be found and grow to a mature size. Good guess Old Q.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Good guess Old Q.

I thought he said he was going to ignore us?

 

[oldoakman]

I didn't say I was going to ignore, only that I thought I wouldn't be able to post here in Milwaukee. Turns out I could and that one was too easy. Someopne else post for me.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Just kidding, you know!

 

[Treezybreez]

OK, I've got one. Tree to the right and left of aircraft carrier.

 

[TreeLogic]

man that's a small pic

 

[Treezybreez]

Let me try again.

 

[Treezybreez]

Maybe that is too hard. Here is another pic of the same tree.

 

[TreeLogic]

Populus alba

 

[Treezybreez]

Not Populus.

 

[Treezybreez]

Here is a hint. Although this tree grows up the coast of California, there is a similar species that grows here in the East and prefers moist soil.

 

[TreeLogic]

Cottonwood? crap....that's Populus too

 

[TreeLogic]

Platanus?

 

[TreeLogic]

Scratch that - Big leaf maple

 

[Treezybreez]

Platanus?

Are you sure you want to scratch that?