what is this red twig ornamental?

[theXman]

I don't know what this tree is.

looks like it might stay fairly small.

planted in an area that they wouldn't want a large tree.

I haven't come across this before.

picture taken in January, in Maryland.

thanks

 

[banjo]

Could be Oxydendrum arboreum.

 

[BostonBull]

go here:

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/DENDRO/DENDROLOGY/idit.htm

 

[guymayor]

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Could be Oxydendrum arboreum.

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Bingo; it's a sourwood (OxydendrON). Great trees!

 

[tomthetreeman]

Guy, are you sure? The seed pods look much more swollen and exxagerated in the photo compared to O. arboreum. I must admit, I have never seen a really small one, though.

-Tom

 

[TNTree_man]

really? I just planted one the other day. No resemblance whatsoever. Not sayin it aint so...just odd.

 

[Mahk_Adams]

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...it's a sourwood (OxydendrON).

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ummm....I agree with the dissenters. The attachment is a sourwood, copied from this site:

http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/hort/consumer/factsheets/trees-new/oxydendrum_arboreum.html

 

[TreeCo]

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Could be Oxydendrum arboreum.

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Bingo; it's a sourwood (OxydendrON). Great trees!

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It does look like sourwood but it might be sumac. We have several sourwoods and I just took a walk outdoors and the twigs on ours are not that red. I did a search for red twig cultivars but came up empty.

It just might be a red sumac(rhus). It sure has the branch structure.

 

[banjo]

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Could be Oxydendrum arboreum.

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Bingo; it's a sourwood (OxydendrON). Great trees!

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Not to be an arse, but, Dirr has it spelled Oxydendrum.
I do get annoyed when people say RhododendrUM, so I get it.

 

[tomthetreeman]

Edit: Oops, I guess there was some crossover in the threads with this one. Please adjust your sets to 'Trees From a Distance' for ongoing material LOL!

 

[Colin]

yeah it looks like sumac we get alot of that down here and is considered a weed.

 

[trees4ever]

Okay, everyone. This is official.
This "red-twig" ornamental is indeed OxydendrUM arboreum.
There are two cultivars:
'Chaemeleon' selected at Polly Hill Arboretum in Martha's Vineyard
and
'Mt. Charm' - a West Virginia selection

Xman's photo is of the seed capsules which invert to an upright direction whereas the flowers are downward facing clusters.

Here's the link:
http://www.hort.uconn.edu/plants/o/oxyarb/oxyarb1.html

Onward...

-Diane-