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General Forestry => Tree, Plant and Wood I.D. => Topic started by: sprucebunny on November 08, 2016, 07:08:53 PM

Title: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 08, 2016, 07:08:53 PM
I know what this is but this specimen is a little unusual.


 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11412/SBbark~0.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1478650049)
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: fishpharmer on November 08, 2016, 07:26:08 PM
Looks "elm" ish to me.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: Clark on November 08, 2016, 09:24:45 PM
Hardwood.

You weren't looking for a species, were you?

Clark
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: newoodguy78 on November 08, 2016, 09:52:37 PM
Is it poplar by chance?
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Post by: JBlain on November 08, 2016, 10:40:53 PM
Diseased hickory?
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Post by: thecfarm on November 09, 2016, 05:48:38 AM
Unusual for the area or the diffeant way it looks,or don't see many?'
Elm, on the don't see many part.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 09, 2016, 08:06:39 AM
In my lifetime of looking at trees I've only seen about 5 of this species have bark like this. Two  of them are right near this one.

It might be diseased but the bark makes it hard to tell.

Not elm or poplar.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on November 09, 2016, 09:37:03 AM
Oh man, I really wanted it to be a poplar.

I got nothing.  ;D
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: thecfarm on November 09, 2016, 06:26:50 PM
Is it a common tree in your area?
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 09, 2016, 06:41:50 PM
Yes, very common.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: thecfarm on November 09, 2016, 07:00:03 PM
I've got a few old,struggling maple that kinda look that I have one that have bumps about every 3 feet,on each side of the tree. I think I cut it down.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 09, 2016, 07:12:35 PM
Not maple of either flavor but often grows along with red maple here.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: Clark on November 09, 2016, 08:26:40 PM
Two serious guesses:

Bur oak with a fungal bark infection that gives it smoother look. Granted, I don't see the little white fruiting bodies so this is, at best, a 1/2 guess.

Black ash that is growing but angry about the situation.

Clark
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: WDH on November 09, 2016, 08:37:36 PM
How about cherry?
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Post by: Logger RK on November 09, 2016, 08:37:56 PM
Red Oak? ::)
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: WDH on November 09, 2016, 08:39:31 PM
I thought maybe black oak, but went with cherry instead  :). 
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: thecfarm on November 09, 2016, 08:41:44 PM
Can't be cherry,too straight.  ;D  Mine even makes crooked smoke when burned.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 09, 2016, 09:28:03 PM
  I think it's angry about the situation because it's a poor quality tree left by high grading years ago but it's none of those guesses.

Don't think we have bur oak around here and I wouldn't recognise black ash only white.

Here's 2 smaller of the poor things.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11412/SBbark1smtrees.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1478745596)
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: Klunker on November 09, 2016, 10:53:52 PM
butternut look to it, with the cankers on it.
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Post by: newoodguy78 on November 10, 2016, 07:15:13 AM
I've got to place a second guess,hope that's okay. Is that alligator looking thing a beech?
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 10, 2016, 07:19:39 AM
The winner !!!

I don't know what's wrong with them. I'd like to cut one down and see the growth rings but they block my neighbors house from sight so I probably won't.

There is a fourth one there that's really big.



 (https://forestryforum.com/gallery/albums/userpics/11412/SBbark1bigtree.jpg?easyrotate_cache=1478780354)
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: thecfarm on November 10, 2016, 08:20:36 AM
I would of never guessed beech. That is some rough looking bark,for a smooth bark tree. I have alot of beech,with the cankers,but none look like that.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: Ox on November 10, 2016, 09:45:54 AM
Those trees don't look like they should.  They look like I feel everyday.  >:(  Thanks for sharing - it's always interesting to see oddball stuff around this great country.
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Post by: WDH on November 10, 2016, 09:47:14 AM
It is definitely a sunny beech for a beech  :). 
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Post by: Weekend_Sawyer on November 10, 2016, 12:11:46 PM
Wow, I never would have guessed.

I think I'd have a forester look at them.
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Post by: fishpharmer on November 10, 2016, 12:27:46 PM
 :P that's sum beech! 
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: sprucebunny on November 10, 2016, 04:04:45 PM
Thanks guys  :)

Yes, they are pretty rough looking. I can recognize most species by the bark when walking in the woods and these ones always throw me for a loop.

On the brighter side, there are a couple of larger beech with relatively few cankers around.
Title: Re: Guess the bark :)
Post by: newoodguy78 on November 10, 2016, 11:48:40 PM
That was a good little brain teaser right there. I guess I'll need the coordinates so I can retrieve that coffee money   :D . Either that or you actually have a money tree on your hands  :D. If that's the case keep those coordinates all to yourself  ;).