Winter Bud ID

[treegazer]

corylus cornuta

 

[macrocarpa]

looks too stout to be a hornbeam, but I'll guess anywhoo?

 

[tomthetreeman]

I'll jump on the bandwagon here and say Corylus avellana.

 

[RopeShield]

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looks too stout to be a hornbeam, but I'll guess anywhoo?

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Species guess or is that close enough?

 

[macrocarpa]

I'll go with carpinus caroliniana because of the zig zag twig pattern?

 

[tomthetreeman]

It certainly doesn't look like betulus!

 

[RopeShield]

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I'll go with carpinus caroliniana because of the zig zag twig pattern?

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Betulaceae family.

Man up to bat/bud!

 

[tomthetreeman]

...I meant it doesn't look like C. betulus.

 

[macrocarpa]

I'll try to get a pic up today.

 

[macrocarpa]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/53981946@N04/6496091153/

 

[macrocarpa]

Is that legal?

I collected these on a hike today, all growing wild/native to NE Tennessee mtns.

 

[RopeShield]

Who would fault for education?

I'll go with Celtis occidentalis, Hackberry

 

[tomthetreeman]

I'll have to get back to you, that's a bit overwhelming this AM!

-Tom

 

[macrocarpa]

no hackberry.

 

[macrocarpa]

I'll give a couple hints from top to bottom:

#1 was once a giant

#2 has 90 degree branching

#3 has catkins

#4 has nice flowers

#5 was used to make wood golf clubs/drivers

#6 makes good arrows and jam

 

[robinia]

1 = Castanea dentata

2 = Nyssa sylvatica?

4 = Ptelea trifoliata

6 = Amelanchier?

 

[macrocarpa]

1 = Castanea dentata - yep

2 = Nyssa sylvatica? - yep

4 = Ptelea trifoliata - nope

6 = Amelanchier? - yep


3 left

 

[tomthetreeman]

3. Betula lenta

5. Malus sp? (I see no fruit spurs, but it looks like a young sprout).

 

[macrocarpa]

nope

 

[tomthetreeman]

3. B. allegheniensis

5. C. glabra