Trees from a distance

[TreeLogic]

All three are the same...

 

[John_KAYS]

Thanks Will. I figure I should spend more time here than talking about my favorite hitch cord again and again. Haha!

Wait Eric, can you ID this?

 

[John_KAYS]

Oh, I forgot what thread this was...






I meant can you ID this?

 

[tomthetreeman]

Celtis occidentalis?

 

[oceans]

Oh, I forgot what thread this was...






I meant can you ID this?
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Haha! ...from a distance...so he zooms out. Too much Jon. Too much!

 

[TreeLogic]

No sir, not celtis

 

[oceans]

Ulmus parvifolia

 

[John_KAYS]

Ulmus parvifolia

Oceans, That's what I was thinking too!
And Will, are you sure they are all the same tree?

 

[TreeLogic]

And Will, are you sure they are all the same tree?

I know better than to answer that question from you halfheartedly Mr Kays. Let me rephrase, they're all of the same species. Better?

 

[TreeLogic]

Not an elm, Eric.

 

[tomthetreeman]

With root flares like that, they have to be sweetgum!

 

[oldoakman]

Laurel oaks.

 

[TreeLogic]

Good point Tom, but no, they aint no liquidambars.

OldOak, you're very close.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Swamp whiteys?

 

[TreeLogic]

Nope. FWIW, oldoak was close with Laurel Oaks, which are in the red oak category.

 

[oldoakman]

Not water oaks!

 

[tomthetreeman]

I was just going by the leaf and the look of the bark, maybe. I think OOM's got it!

 

[TreeLogic]

Well, Water Oaks are not far off from Quercus laurifolia (IMHO), though the Laurel oak is a little more stately of a tree. But yes, oldoak, they're Quercus nigra. For those of you that don't have water oaks in your area, they're easy to ID - they're the only oak I've seen with a leaf shape like a water droplet. You're up Old Oak!

 

[TreeLogic]

I was just going by the leaf and the look of the bark, maybe. I think OOM's got it!

I should've given a little more resolution to the pic so you could see the leaves better. I'm taking the "from a distance" thing a little too far, I know.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Young water oaks look almost exactly like pin oaks except for the leaf. I saw plenty down in Arkansas.

Tom