Trees from a distance

[JD3000]

Nope, wrong family too.

 

[oldoakman]

Well, it is a crappy picture. Too grain to make anything out when you zoom in.

 

[JD3000]

Let me live.

Longer living species for the genus.

 

[ATH]

Well, it is a crappy picture. Too grain to make anything out when you zoom in.

I agree...but on the other hand, isn't that the point of this game. IDing trees without our usual cues of twig arrangement, buds, etc...? I thought my first couple of guesses were pretty good in that regard for this tree...apparently not. Now I'll stray a little off of a "good guess" and go with "maybe I could see a....":

Tilia americana?

 

[JD3000]

Nyet.

 

[oldoakman]

Twigs and buds are fine if you can ever see them but on this one you can't even get anything on the bark when you zoom in. That said U. americana

 

[JD3000]

Nope.

Think ridges and furrows.

 

[oldoakman]

F. pennsylvanica

 

[JD3000]

Nope. That would be a nice ash though.

Considered a "weedy" tree by some.

 

[oldoakman]

Mulberry?

 

[ATH]

Sassafras???

 

[JD3000]

No and no.

 

[ATH]

Native to central Ohio or introduced?

 

[JD3000]

Native.

 

[ATH]

Shoulda saw this before some of my other guesses:
Cottonwood.

 

[JD3000]

Bingo. Thought I was giving some good clues but the habit on this one is a bit different.

 

[oldoakman]

I was at a loss trying to think of "weed" trees in Ohio and.nust assumed it was an invasive. Good trick JD.

 

[ATH]

I was in my truck getting ready to pull out of my driveway. There is a big cottonwood over a house down the road. Saw that and it clicked.

 

[ATH]

Too easy, but I haven't seen one looking like this around here before 2 weeks ago when I spotted this. I knew what it was when I saw it over the garage working on my client's tree...this is in their neighbor's yard. We'll have to just go to genus as I'm honestly not sure about species.

 

[JD3000]

Larix.