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| Saw these in the neighborhood while walking with my daughter. Wish they had leaves! The limb bark on this guy is just crazy, it is the only on in the subdivision that I have seen.
This tree just has a very nice shape to it and the bark is very interesting.
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| Second is a flowering cherry, possibly 'Kanzan'. Resin |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 12:40
| next time.. try to snap a pic of the dead leaves.. under the tree .. i see oak leaves.. but i cant tell what the other is ... the first looks like an oak.. somewhat.. 4th pic .... you would think the winged branches would be indicative.. but i dont recognize it. care to tell us where in z6??? ken |
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- Posted by greenthumbzdude (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 12:58
| I think that oak has some kind of disease |
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| I am in St.Louis MO. There is a pin oak next to the first tree with the weird branch bark. I was wondering if it might have some sort of issue since I hadn't ever saw anything like it prior. |
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| You can put some of the mystery tree's leaves in water and they should hydrate back to their full shape. Then take a picture of the leaves. |
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| Ill try to do that. Im off tomorrow so if we go for a stroll again ill be sure to do that. Thanks! |
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| I'd guess the first is sweetgum. Corky branches are common on younger trees around here. |
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| I think it looks more like winged elm, Ulmus alata. hortster |
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| Also some maples like acer campestre has got those cork lists on their branches Is it seeds still hanging from the branches, or is it just dry leafes? |
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| What kenptn said. American Sweetgum sometimes has corky branches. Scroll down to the fifth pic in this link: |
Here is a link that might be useful: American Sweetgum
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- Posted by gardenapprentice none (My Page) on Wed, Dec 5, 12 at 16:18
| The last image, the one with the buds is a Kwanzan tree |
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| "The last image, the one with the buds is a Kwanzan tree" Spellcheck: 'Kanzan' (the "w" is a regrettably common nurseryman's error). Resin |
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| I'd bet a Coke that #1 is sweetgum - corky wings on branches looks right, bark looks right - and those honking big surface roots waiting to trip someone or bend the crankshaft on the lawnmower, even on such a young specimen, are the clincher, for me. |
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| I'm thinking the first one is a SweetGum as well. They get real corky sometimes. |
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| Well im a dip Sh%^&! I guess somehow I overlooked these...
So a sweet-gum it is! Does the corky winged branches indicate some issue or is it just the nature of the beast or perhaps just this certain type of gum or maybe just in my area? |
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| bsmith, the corky ridges are a feature of some individuals. In my experience observing them locally it's only some of the young ones that express this trait. I've never seen a large mature tree with wings in these parts, doesn't mean they don't occur though. |
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- Posted by ken_adrian z5 (My Page) on Thu, Dec 6, 12 at 7:12
| Well im a dip Sh%^&! I guess somehow I overlooked these... ==>>> yeah.. you are staring UP the tree.. and forget to look DOWN .. until you trip over the obvious .. lol ... ken |
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| Yeah that's the funny thing about the human brain, I was so focused on trying to find something on the tree to help ID it since there weren't any leaves I comepletely forgot to look down! :) |
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