Trees from a distance

[BostonBull]

no, yes, yes


look at the twig color

 

[tomthetreeman]

Dogwood? I see the opposite buds and red twigs... Still looks like Red Maple... The way the sucker is growing looks a little like Japanese maple, but the older bark does not. So is it a dogwood or a Japanese Maple? Or a little of both?

-Tom

 

[BostonBull]

maybe your color is off? Its a brown twig......

 

[BostonBull]

this is from a VERY immature specimen. the scaly bark is actually trunk wood!

 

[tomthetreeman]

Sycamore maple? I am familiar with the host trees, and I'm running out of options already!

-Tom

 

[tomthetreeman]

A young american elm?

...Duh... Elm is alternate!

 

[MattyD]

Acer saccharinum

 

[tomthetreeman]

Ah... I think you got it, Matt!

 

[BostonBull]

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Acer saccharinum

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winnah winnah chicken dinnah!

 

[MattyD]

I got nothin. fields open to any one. Nice pic BB, Im a big fan of just wood. Yikes.. nothing intended their

 

[theXman]

It's open to anyone?

cool.

fat peice of wood to id:

 

[banjo]

Silver maple

 

[tomthetreeman]

I have to go with silver maple to start. I know it was the most recent answer, but the multi stem look just looks like it.

-Tom

 

[MattyD]

agreed

 

[BostonBull]

my gut says I should agree with above, but........Ulmus americana?

 

[tomthetreeman]

What an awesome elm that would be (would have been) if you're right... I've never seen a multi-stemmed specimen that old. BTW, X, did you have that cinched together up top, to prevent the accidental separation of one of the parts?

-Tom

 

[theXman]

Silver Maple it is. Banjo got it first.

no, i didn't have to pull that one together to keep from spliting, it was quite solid as one, down below.

can't see in that picture, but our k-boom is attached to it with straps.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Even when I get it right I miss out! Waaah! LOL! What was the reason for removal on that one? Looks like it was pretty sound, lots of open space. That's going by two pictures of the butt LOL.

-Tom

 

[theXman]

here's an elm that size.

that's an adult girl standing next to it.

i saw it in Frederick Maryland I think. so i stoped and took some pictures.

 

[banjo]

Give me a little while on the new pics. I have to dig for them.