Tree Identification
 

My friend and I were walking in my neighborhood this morning, which is leafless except for these beautiful trees. They're pretty common -we saw at least 10, but we don't know what they are and the several on-line identification thingies we tried failed. So if in doubt, ask The Cellar -there's bound to be a few tree nerds on here! :lol:

TIA :)

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Maple?

mon, I tried to use this site to help, but I couldn't answer some of the categories (like flat vs round tree stem?)

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Treekey/tkframe.htm

Unless there are maple types with leaves I haven't seen, I'd rule out maple.

A birch (the bark isn't right I don't think), an aspen?

I don't believe it's a type of maple. They have that very distinctive maple-leaf shape (:f32:), and have all lost their leaves here already.

Basswood Tilia americana


Bingo! thanks Shawnee. We got to this tree on another engine, but the pictures looked nothing like what we had seen. That, however looks pretty much spot on.

They should include fall pics to the ID sites too. this is really a rather distinctive tree in fall!

Catalpa?

Ahhh, you found it.

I like identifying trees, though. It's fun! :)

How weird you posted this thread , my hub and I were at the insurance office and they had these trees which have magnificent shape and color and we wondered what they were.

hehe well they're standing out now! Shawnee, yes it is fun. This is the first time I've got stuck, but I think it was dues to the crappy pics. We also found catalpa, but it's not that -the leaves are more glossy and less fleshy.

Tree books, bird books, and bug books. We had these little books when I was growing up and I used to love to look stuff up. I think I've missed my calling. Is there a job called "Walkin' Around Identifyin' Stuff"?

It looks like a Littleleaf Linden to me. We have one. They are fairly popular now because they are disease resistant and do well in a wide zone.

Edit: And I see that Basswood and Linden are the same tree, but the Littleleaf Linden is a variety popular with homeowners and local governments. Tilia cordata

Hmmm it does look like that too, although i'm not sure the fruit and tree shape are quite right. I knew i should've picked one of the fruit, but it's not my tree.....

Yup. There's a guy whose job that is in the school district here. Takes kids from all the schools on nature field trips. We call him "the guy who walks around and identifies stuff"

Shaw, you once again prove that we were separated at birth. And Monnie too I suppose, for asking - although I think you are perhaps a half-sister. I love identifying trees, wild-flowers and birds. Insects, not so much - in this country they all fall under the category harmless, and that will do for me.

I bought a tree book when I lived in Leicester because the soil is so different to my native Bucks, and very different trees grow wild/ are planted. Lime trees for example - I doubt there's a single one in Aylesbury. Ditto, I can't remember seeing more than a few Ash in Leicester.

One of the many reasons it's good to be home is walking past the same trees I have all my life - there's a Horse Chestnut I knew as a sapling which is now a respectable young tree.

It's like doing a puzzle, or amateur detective work. It was fun before teh intrawebz, because there were books involved. It's fun now too, because there are so many resources available online.

Sorta related note: when I interviewed for this job I mentioned that I must have had an aptitude and interest in this type of work since I was a kid. I had some kind of detective game when I was young, and I would document and keep paperwork as to clues and outcomes. Strange kid! It is like a puzzle sometimes though, as is identifying foliages and critters. :)

Hello. I'm from Joizy and this is what a tree looks like: 3

j/k

I am ashamed of all of you.

The proper answer, of course is ...


"The Larch."

You Rang?

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The larch is a conifer - according to wiki. Conifers don't change color.

Well, larches do change color, but that tree doesn't look like a larch to me. Here's a larch close up.

Huh. Well there's my something new for the day.

Not Larch. Larch is a conifer. Well it's a deciduous conifer, but has needles and cones, anyway.

Don't worry Wolf, I got it.

Once again, monty python trumps intelligent discussion.:eyebrow:

What I'm really surprised by is two straight answers following my post. What is wrong with kids these days ... no appreciation for the classics. Next they'll be saying they never watched Star Trek. [/curmudgeonly grumble]

Monty Python is not intelligent discussion? There's always a sketch to help a discussion.

Hey, congratulations. Now you've got it.:footpyth:

This tree looks exactly like our Bradford Pear Trees. Soft wood, prone to break in rough winds, but beautiful fall colors and gorgeous blooms (though stinky) in spring.

http://www.dogpile.com/clickserver/_...D&_IceUrl=true

Monsta, I believe it is a Bradford Pear Tree. Non-fruiting variety. We have 2 in front of our house. As noted in the post above.

I'm gonna go with pear as well. I've never seen a tilia sp. turn red. Always yellow.

Whoever said maple, I want to see you after class.

We need some close ups of the bark, the bud, and some simple things like alternate or opposite branching. The three leaves look like they are from two different trees. Were they drops or did you pick them?

alternate, and drops that I watched come down (didn't want to pick leaves off someone else's tree, but wanted to be sure....)

Bradford pear, hmmm? It has a tiny little berry like fruit, but not as many as you'd need if it were a true fruit, so that might make sense....

Regards redness, there are a few trees here that seem to go red/pinkish when they don't elsewhere -notable some oaks, but only in some years. ....not this year -they all went brown.

Maybe this'll help.

[snicker]

I love that, bruce. thanks

reminds me of this

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its a Larch I tells ya !!

One more.

That's so good I'm going to resist making all the tree puns.

Let loose Zen.

Bruce that first one rocks! :thumb:

I stole 'em from here. ;)