Tricky Poplar

[tree MDS]

http://www.mystockphoto.org/wp-content/nggallery/free-photo-of-the-week/yellow-poplar-trees-1500.jpg



those are poplars where I come from.

Thats a magnolia.

 

[056kid]

This is a Magnolia..


http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/flowers/images/magnolia_grand_tree.jpg

 

[treeslayer]

in Va, tulip poplars are yellow poplars?

here in illinois, thats a white poplar in the pics.

or thats what I tell people.

 

[treeclimber101]

in Va, tulip poplars are yellow poplars?

here in illinois, thats a white poplar in the pics.

or thats what I tell people.

There is no such thing as a tulip poplar , its just a tulip tree its not the same or even in the same species ..

 

[forestryworks]

screw common names, let's go solely scientific

 

[Mikecutstrees]

Looks like Populus tremuloides to me here. I'd personally use a different hitch to secure that block than a timber hitch in that situation though. A cow hitch would be a better choice. Glad everything worked out well..... Mike

 

[056kid]

screw common names, let's go solely scientific

Well that takes me out of the game haha...

 

[forestryworks]

Well that takes me out of the game haha...

Flash cards, lol. Worked for me.

 

[dingeryote]

Flash cards, lol. Worked for me.

I might have to resort to that too, but it would just be lost with most of the folks I converse with.

What some here on AS call "Cottonwood", some folks around here call "Popple", and "Tulip" is just about any Poplar with less than really rough bark.

Whatever it is in the pic, I have a Big bastard just like it that keeps draining my pond and leaning towards the barn. Uncle Fred calls it a "Quake", but it's a big tooth aspen as far as I can tell. LOL!!
Firewood by any other name.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[056kid]

There may be several different categories for the name Poplar, but I will stick with mine.

I believe it is the only species that gets as big as it does.

I have cut some eye popping monster poplars. But I recently saw a tree/trees,(a yellow poplar) that blew my mind. a quad deal that quaded about 7 feet from the low side, maybe 34'' on the high side,(plenty sound for dumping the whole lott), Poplar! Ooh goodness that bugger was pretty. Being in the east coast, seeing 3+foot logs tower above the canopy gets a guy like me extadic. I bet there is 6,1/2 thousand in that tree,(Can I call it a marm?) I bet it did grow out of and old poplar stump.. Il snap some cold weather pics in Late Nov when I go back east to deal with my automobile tickets.

 

[mic687]

The common name here is Poplar and I can say without a doubt it is not a cottonwood. As I understand these are part of the Aspen family the leaves turn yellow in fall and they are harvested for pulp wood. I have removed alot of them and also cottonwoods and they are not the same tree. I have bunches of these behind my house so I will get some leaf pics and post.

 

[forestryworks]

The common name here is Poplar and I can say without a doubt it is not a cottonwood. As I understand these are part of the Aspen family the leaves turn yellow in fall and they are harvested for pulp wood. I have removed alot of them and also cottonwoods and they are not the same tree. I have bunches of these behind my house so I will get some leaf pics and post.

Cottonwoods, Aspens, Poplars (White, Black, Balsam) are all true Poplars (genus Populus) and are in the Willow Family.

 

[tree MDS]

Cottonwoods, Aspens, Poplars (White, Black, Balsam) are all true Poplars (genus Populus) and are in the Willow Family.

Thank you.

Mic, get those pics. I'm curious to see what you have there.

 

[mic687]

Thank you.

Mic, get those pics. I'm curious to see what you have there.

Here are the pics of what I have always called a poplar and it looks to me as though I was wrong I now believe it is a Quaking Aspen

 

[Hddnis]

That's a poplar, regardless of a mill buying it or not.:bang:




Mr. HE

 

[dingeryote]

Here are the pics of what I have always called a poplar and it looks to me as though I was wrong I now believe it is a Quaking Aspen

That would be what Uncle Fred calls a "Quake", and seeing as how nobody in thier right mind is gonna argue with an 80 yr old Dutch farmer that cleared hundreds of acres with mules back in the day....

I think you're right mic.

Stay safe!
Dingeryote

 

[Blakesmaster]

Here are the pics of what I have always called a poplar and it looks to me as though I was wrong I now believe it is a Quaking Aspen

A quaking aspen is in the poplar family. I just call 'em poplars too.