The Tree ID Thread

[Nutball]

I don't know the varieties very well.

 

[gf beranek]

Having never seen a hickory before, going by the leaf I would've guessed ash.

California tree dude.

 

[lxskllr]

I wish I paid more attention over the years when I was locating trees. Our tree guy marked exactly what they were, and I typed it into the collector while standing under them. It didn't matter much to me then though. I just wanted to get it done.

 

[Treeaddict]

They are very similar Gerry. Confuses me quite a bit at this point

 

[gf beranek]

Ah, thank you.

Getting smarter everyday.

 

[Treeaddict]

northern catalpa
Catalpa speciosa????

Never noticed this species before. Growing among sycamores along a stream

 

[lxskllr]

Leaves look like it, but no beans. I've seen catalpa a handful of times, but not often.

 

[Mellow]

"Picture This" identifies it as Southern catalpa, Catalpa bignonioides

 

[Treeaddict]

It’s really a beautiful tree. The leaves are impressive

 

[Treeaddict]

Gonna have to google the difference between northern and southern catalpa

 

[SeanKroll]

News to me about Southern and Northern, as I've only seen/ heard of western Catalpa.

 

[Treeaddict]

Is a lot of that east, west, north, and south just where the tree is located or is it a different species? I’m sure a case by case but generally

 

[BeerGeek]

Pick your Catalpa species (courtesy of Wikipedia):

Species
The two North American species, Catalpa bignonioides (southern catalpa) and Catalpa speciosa (northern catalpa), have been widely planted outside their natural ranges as ornamental trees for their showy flowers and attractive shape. Northern and southern catalpas are very similar in appearance, but the northern species has slightly larger leaves, flowers, and bean pods. Flowering starts after 275 growing degree days. Catalpa ovata from China, with pale yellow flowers, is also planted outside its natural range for ornamental purposes. This allowed C. bignonioides and C. ovata to hybridize, with the resultant Catalpa × erubescens also becoming a cultivated ornamental.

List of selected species
Sources: (GRIN accepts 8 species)[3](KEW accepts 8 species)[4]

• Catalpa bignonioides Walter – southern catalpa
• Catalpa brevipes Urb.
• Catalpa bungei C.A.Mey. – Manchurian catalpa
• Catalpa cassinoides Spreng.
• Catalpa communis Dum.Cours.
• Catalpa cordifolia Moench
• Catalpa denticulata Urb.
• Catalpa domingensis Urb.
• Catalpa duclouxii Dode
• Catalpa ekmaniana Urb.
• Catalpa fargesii Bureau
• Catalpa henryi Dode
• Catalpa heterophylla Dode
• Catalpa himalayensis Hort. ex Dippel
• Catalpa hirsuta Spreng.
• Catalpa kaempferi Siebold & Zucc.
• Catalpa longisiliqua Cham.
• Catalpa longissima (Jacq.) Dum.Cours. – Haitian catalpa
• Catalpa macrocarpa Ekman
• Catalpa microphylla Spreng.
• Catalpa nana Hort. ex Dippel
• Catalpa oblongata Urb. & Ekman
• Catalpa obovata Urb.
• Catalpa ovata G.Don – Chinese catalpa, yellow catalpa
• Catalpa pottsii Seem.
• Catalpa pubescens (Griseb.) Bisse
• Catalpa pumila Hort. ex Wien.
• Catalpa punctata Griseb.
• Catalpa purpurea Griseb.
• Catalpa silvestrii (Pamp. & Bonati) S.Y.Hu
• Catalpa speciosa Warder ex Engelm. – northern catalpa
• Catalpa sutchuensis Dode
• Catalpa ternifolia Cav.
• Catalpa thunbergii Hort. ex Wien.
• Catalpa tibetica Forrest
• Catalpa umbraculifera Hort.
• Catalpa vestita Diels
• Catalpa wallichiana Hort. ex Wien.

 

[cory]

I’d love to ID this tree in CT

 

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[lxskllr]

Chestnut oak?

 

[FJR]

Does it have a simple leaf or compound? It is hard to tell in the pictures. The bark looks very similar to Butternut/English Walnut.

 

[cory]

Not an oak.

I hear ya re butternut but I dont think so. Doesn't look like butternuts I've seen

 

[cory]

two things:

Re the bark, it doesn't look like the bark of butternuts I'm used to nor did it match the bark photos online except for one photo that did show a good likeness. The tree is unfortunately to be removed but I'll take a closer look as I work on it.

2) Found this cool wood ID website. There are leaf ID sites, bark ID sites, but this is the first wood ID site I've seen.

The Wood Database

Explore the woods, break out of the ordinary. Identifying and using hundreds of woods worldwide.

www.wood-database.com

 

[BeerGeek]

Possibly a bitternut hickory?

What Tree Is It? - OPLIN

tree.oplin.org

 

[Ryan]

I found this well made and quite interesting. The rest of the channel looks pretty good as well.

 

[lxskllr]

Finally made the time to watch. That was a very good video. I'll checkout the channel later.

 

[lxskllr]

I saw some of these yesterday. Not many leaves on them, but the leaves present were green. Lowland, wet terrain. Black oak, beech, red maple, and sweet gum are also present. Any ideas?

 

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