Trees from a distance

[ThatsNotMaple]

TNM gets the prize. It is a quite pleasant tree. Flowers are fragrant and lilac like, foliage gets a bluish cast to it a little later on.

How is the invasiveness compared to say the Callery Pear in the Northern states? I know a lot of people press the native plant issue, but this doesn't seem like a bad invasive tree to have around if there is such a thing.

 

[oldoakman]

Just guessing, but probably a bit more invasive than the pear but not as bad as alanthus. Certainly not as bad as mimosa.

 

[ATH]

Just guessing, but probably a bit more invasive than the pear but not as bad as alanthus. Certainly not as bad as mimosa.

I think we may look back at that statement one day and chuckle....Callery pear is giving us some hints that it may be more invasive (it is certainly more shade tolerant) than Ailanthus. It has not been planted nearly as long, but much more of it has been planted than Ailanthus every was.

 

[ThatsNotMaple]

Not a hard one. Was called out recently (this past November) to assess the health of a tree this homeowner had "pruned" last year. Might look like the prune was limited by competition on the right, but nope! I think it's artistic actually - the "always blowing in the wind" form.

 

[JD3000]

Try loading a pic again...

 

[ThatsNotMaple]

 

[ThatsNotMaple]

Is that showing up? Both images show up for me, but the first was from my Google photos, which is why it probably wasn't showing up.

 

[JD3000]

Working now.

Q. rubra?

 

[ThatsNotMaple]

And now it's your turn JD. Hard to find challenging trees it seems in my day-to-day. One day I will take pictures when I'm at the local arboretum for some more obscure specimens.

 

[JD3000]

Yeah same here. Pays off to always have your phone on you for pics.

I'll post when I find something.

 

[ATH]

..... I think it's artistic actually - the "always blowing in the wind" form.

that is a great description. which way is prevailing wind on that tree?

 

[ThatsNotMaple]

that is a great description. which way is prevailing wind on that tree?

More or less right to left, which would account for SOME of the form along with the hacking of the right side.

 

[JD3000]

Centered.

 

[ATH]

Celtis?

 

[JD3000]

Not this time.

 

[ATH]

Was kinda hoping somebody else would take a stab...but since they haven't...Is that an Ulmus? (if so, I'll start with U. rubra as it isn't quite as vase-shaped as a truly classic U. americana.

 

[JD3000]

No but that's why i picked this one.

Growth habit on this one is not typical for this species.

 

[ATH]

Gleditsia? Not often seen with tall trunks like that in the landscape, but they are certainly capable of it in the woods...

 

[JD3000]

Nope.

Does well upland or lower.

 

[oldoakman]

One of the many hickory species.