A dedicated forum would be cool but instead of just being trees maybe 'Plant I.D.' would be better. Trees, woody plants, weeds, fungi or anything that grows, I.D.
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A dedicated forum would be cool but instead of just being trees maybe 'Plant I.D.' would be better. Trees, woody plants, weeds, fungi or anything that grows, I.D.
Well, I used two apps to ID it.
One said Ash, and the other gave a variety of possibilities: corktree, hackberry, and ash.
Definitely not cork or hack, so it looks like Del was right with Ash.
One said Ash, and the other gave a variety of possibilities: corktree, hackberry, and ash.
Definitely not cork or hack, so it looks like Del was right with Ash.
501Maico
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That is distinctly not an ash, at least not the kind we have around here. Ash is one of the few species I will confidently identify by bark alone, but they might have a different appearance in other parts of the world. Even then, some types of tree can be difficult. I probably cheat myself mentally, and look at the branching and the general size & shape as well.
Which of these is an ash tree?
One is ash, one is not. If you know one for sure, had you not best know the other equally well?
I think it is a lot easier to exclude any given species, rather than know for certain what they are. For example, I know hackberry real well, and agree that isn't your tree. I wouldn't know a cork tree even if I was standing next to it with a set of pictures.
Sorry, pdqdl, I'm pretty sure Del nailed it with ash. White ash, to be specific.
Left pics are ash trees, right pics are my tree. Looks pretty conclusive to me.
Those are distinctly NOT ash leaves & branches in the background either. Now if that's just some scrub brush that happened to be underneath your tree? Then it doesn't count for the tree ID. Otherwise, it looks like a white oak to me, possibly a burr oak.
Only the photographer will know.
MAD Buck: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, & Buckeye: these are the common trees with opposite branching. Those oak (probably) branches underneath your log have alternate branching.
Burr oak bark.
@Del_ Look up the leaves in the background of Unc's first pictures. Are those ash leaves & twigs, or would you call them an oak?
Only the photographer will know.
MAD Buck: Maple, Ash, Dogwood, & Buckeye: these are the common trees with opposite branching. Those oak (probably) branches underneath your log have alternate branching.
Burr oak bark.
@Del_ Look up the leaves in the background of Unc's first pictures. Are those ash leaves & twigs, or would you call them an oak?
Those look like oak leaves.
From another tree.
Hey I was only guessing when I said Ash. I hardly ever see ash trees in this area.
The leaves are definitely oak- white oak, I believe. There are maple and pine trees in the background as well. Grass, too.
If there were any leaves on this tree, I would have pointed them out.
If there were any leaves on this tree, I would have pointed them out.
That's what I thought at first but BL is heavy and the bark is 'corded'. I cut a lot of it.
The leaves are definitely oak- white oak, I believe. There are maple and pine trees in the background as well. Grass, too.
If there were any leaves on this tree, I would have pointed them out.
Well! You're no fun.
My vote cottonwood . Large growth rings deep furrows in the bark light weight all point to the cottonwood we have here . Not my pictures 
One pic looked like Cottonwood to me but another showing the whole trunk did look like Ash. Cottonwood is diffuse porous while Ash is ring porous. I can't see the end grain clearly in the pics.
Below - Cottonwood on left, Ask on the right.
Below - Cottonwood on left, Ask on the right.
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I looked as close as I could at unc's pictures; I couldn't recognize any pores.
chainsawglenn
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The bark looks like a Chestnut Oak to me.
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