Trees from a distance

[oldoakman]

Is that one of those Lilac bushes you started inside the containment wall at Three Mile Island?

He's too young to know much about TMI. Scary time for me. I lived about 90 miles west of the site.

 

[JD3000]

Oleaceae indeed...figured you our oak would get that. Which one?

 

[JD3000]

He's too young to know much about TMI. Scary time for me. I lived about 90 miles west of the site.

I was 6 months old but I am literate...

 

[JeffGu]

vulgaris maybe? The tree is pretty far away and I don't have my glasses on.

 

[ATH]

is it Chionanthus?

If so, I'd go with C. retusus over C. virginicus because of zone and form.

 

[JD3000]

That would be one big effing lilac.

No.

Look at clues and guesses already posted...

 

[JD3000]

is it Chionanthus?

If so, I'd go with C. retusus over C. virginicus because of zone and form.

Yep yep yep. This coulda went forever without clues.

Biggest and oddest I've seen but the tag checked out.

 

[ATH]

Well....if we are going to go with what tags say, this could get fun

Yeah - I was lost without the @JeffGu hitting the family. Doesn't look like any Fringe tree I've ever seen, but once he got the family, there aren't many other options (went through other unheard of species in Woody Plants in North America online guide and none matched).

 

[oldoakman]

I was 6 months old but I am literate...

Yeah, but living it and knowing about it gives two very different impressions. It had a lot of people on the edge.

 

[JeffGu]

That would be one big effing lilac.

Indeed it would. I have some ancient ones that 30 years ago bordered the entire property, but many have been removed over the years. There was one that was a specimen, near where the house was, that they kept from suckering with a lawn mower and a lot of pruning them out. It all grew from a gnarly lump of root mass and chopped off suckers, with a 5" trunk... got about 13 feet tall or so before I finally removed it because it was in failing health.

I know they sometimes take on a tree form, so... well, looking at your pic, again... that looks a lot bigger than thirteen feet tall and the trunk seems pretty big.

 

[oldoakman]

We don't see them up here...every now and then somebody will plant one but it doesn't make it through the winters. I didn't really think that was a good guess, but a shot. Leaves look pretty plane. I honestly don't know what they would look like if left grow without hedge trimmers!

They are actually quite nice when allowed to grow into their form. This one is in my neighbors yard and close to the septic field.

 

[oldoakman]

This is when people touch them.

 

[ATH]

Yeah...that is what I am used to seeing! That first pic seems to show some potential for a nice shade tree in a tight spot.

 

[oldoakman]

Tried to load a photo of the bark on the first one but it wouldn't load. This particular tree has a very striking bark pattern and coloration. I'll try again. Success!

 

[ATH]

I guess I'm up...took a few pics today. I thought I'd do a really easy one, but I do this one instead - still shouldn't be too hard. Again, hard to get a great pic with a bright sky and dark woods in both in the background. I took a couple other pics we can try if need be, but I think this turned out well enough to get it.

 

[JD3000]

Cottonwood

 

[JeffGu]

Are they considered noxious weeds in Ohio, too?

 

[robinia]

Maybe Carya?

 

[JD3000]

Are they considered noxious weeds in Ohio, too?

They have their place in the universe

 

[ATH]

Cottonwood

No