Tree of the day

WDH · June 26, 2019, 09:55:50 PM

It ranges from Missouri in the West down to Texas and across to the Eastern Seaboard up to about Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Not a flatlander per se. One last clue, the fruit is a pome, albeit a small one.

DelawhereJoe · June 26, 2019, 10:36:46 PM

.....crabapple

WDH · June 27, 2019, 07:41:55 AM

Yes Sir!!

Malus angustifolia.

caveman · June 27, 2019, 07:59:50 AM

I'll throw out another that should be relatively easy for many. I need to replenish my tree of the day folder with new tree pics. The VT app did not help me much with the crab apple.

This particular tree usually has a lot denser foliage this time of the year.

caveman · June 27, 2019, 03:44:21 PM

This one evidently provided nightmares for a lotta you based on the lack of participation. I almost did not post this tree.

lxskllr · June 27, 2019, 04:54:03 PM

Does it have a lot of streets named after it?

DelawhereJoe · June 27, 2019, 06:46:39 PM

Nightmare on _ _ _ street...... oh no...what could it possibly be

WDH · June 27, 2019, 08:51:07 PM

I was feeling a little crabby yesterday but today I elm felling much better

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Southside will surely call it ash ;D.

Texas Ranger · June 27, 2019, 09:00:30 PM

Vase form, could it be?

caveman · June 28, 2019, 08:09:59 AM

Yesterday's tree was American Elm (Ulmus americana). Today's tree is not technically a tree but some may recognize it. Tom and Nomad have sawn them into boards. I have eaten the heart from it several times (swamp cabbage), usually at Thanksgiving lunch. The leaves have been used for roofs and the stems have been used for dock pilings.
It can grow to 80' tall.

I'll add and better picture later but this one shows the leaf which will help you differentiate it from others that are similar.

caveman · June 28, 2019, 09:09:44 AM

firefighter ontheside · June 28, 2019, 03:16:04 PM

Don't get it confused with the armory.

caveman · June 28, 2019, 03:49:41 PM

Here is one that has lost most of the old leaf remnants (bootjacks). This is also the state tree for two U.S. states.

WV Sawmiller · June 28, 2019, 08:56:54 PM

I'd like a good mess of swamp cabbage. You cut too far up on the bud and it gets tougher and more bitter from the quinine which was supposed to be one of the reasons the Seminole Indians did not have problems with malaria as it was part of their staple diet. My grandma added a little sugar to compensate but we liked a little of the bitter after we got used to it. We always considered the ideal size to cut as about waist high and cut them off at ground level. The heart in one that size would be as big as one 100' tall.

My favorite way to cook it was dice up a couple strips of bacon and fry them to season and grease the pan then add the swamp cabbage and cook till tender. It was typically served with grits at any central Fla fish fry. Often the fish served was fresh mullet from the Gulf. (I guess this should be in the food category not tree ID)

Warning to the uninitiated - it can also be one of the world's greatest natural laxatives.

caveman · June 28, 2019, 10:43:47 PM

Today's tree is a Cabbage Palm (Sabal palmetto). Tomorrow's will be something that is not native to the U.S. but there are a lot of them here. I do not know yet if it will be a conifer or a hardwood with bipinnately compound leaves.

caveman · June 29, 2019, 12:13:31 AM

Saturday's tree of the day...

This last picture is of one leaf. I have seen pictures of some WDH has sawn. It is invasive here.

Ianab · June 29, 2019, 12:30:01 AM

Chinaberry ???

caveman · June 29, 2019, 06:22:18 AM

Ian was right on with Chinaberry (Melia azedarach).

WDH · June 29, 2019, 07:27:50 AM

What the wood looks like.

doc henderson · June 29, 2019, 07:34:39 AM

Danny, it looks like gatorwood. I can see the nose pointing down, mouth open, the tiny eye ball then hips and a long tail. in the center of the board.?

sorry too early in the am. how is your thumb?