Tree of the day

Ljohnsaw · March 23, 2023, 02:16:24 PM

Winner, winner chicken dinner! Aleppo pine aka Jerusalem pine.

Ljohnsaw · March 23, 2023, 02:21:13 PM

Here's an easy one. The one in the middle. Sorry, very far away. Grows very tall and large girth. Claimed to be the biggest tree by volume, second by height. This is in Trieste, Italy.

tule peak timber · March 23, 2023, 06:58:40 PM

Looks like a Redwood

Don P · March 23, 2023, 07:31:05 PM

Largest by volume second in height sounds like a sequoia? That looks like a beautiful garden

beenthere · March 23, 2023, 11:39:57 PM

Deodar cedar

Ljohnsaw · March 24, 2023, 02:54:04 AM

Yes, Giant Sequoia. The original owners/builders were renowned botanical collectors. The massive library had volumes of books on horticulture. IIRC, one set had drawings of over 3,000 types of roses.

tule peak timber · March 24, 2023, 09:32:26 AM

Difficult to tell but the leaf structure does not look like the Sequoias in my yard here.

Ljohnsaw · March 24, 2023, 10:04:00 AM

Ok, I'll admit I didn't walk down and look at the sign. It's definitely not incense cedar. And pretty sure it's not coastal redwood (the world's tallest tree).
Alas, I won't be going by there to take another look.

Don P · March 24, 2023, 01:18:18 PM

My one memory of the same ones everyone else has seen is only 50 years old :D. i was going by the verbal. I'd bet on Rob's visual

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Don P · March 26, 2023, 07:14:57 PM

While John is between places, I had walked by this the other day and it mentally tallied as something else we have a lot of in my head.

When I saw it in bloom yesterday I said oops :D

Ianab · March 26, 2023, 09:12:21 PM

Quote from: Don P on March 26, 2023, 07:14:57 PM
While John is between places, I had walked by this the other day and it mentally tallied as something else we have a lot of in my head.

When I saw it in bloom yesterday I said oops :D

Prunus Avium?

Don P · March 26, 2023, 11:35:20 PM

:D, You're a level deeper than me, I was happy with cherry, but I think you are right.

Ianab · March 27, 2023, 12:59:30 AM

They are common here in NZ as an ornamental, and the birds spread the seeds far and wide. This volunteer one sprouted up on the back lawn a few years back, and I've left it there as it's a nice shade tree in Summer. It's had some pruning so it's easy to walk and mow under. Most years I mow hundreds of seedlings down on the lower lawn.

Bonus is they actually attract the native birds. Tui (a honey eater) seek them out around town when they flower early in Spring, before most of the native trees. Then in Autumn the Kereru (wood pigeons) go for the little cherries as they ripen.

This is one I actually planted down by the back fence almost 20 years ago. Mostly as quick shelter for my native trees.

Makes me wonder if they would actually work as a timber species here, the tree isn't that tall, and they don't seem long lived, but if you could grow a decent hardwood saw log in 30 years? The wood is similar to your Black Cherry, although not as much colour. It's used for woodworking around Europe where it's native.

Ljohnsaw · March 27, 2023, 03:24:43 PM

I think the bark is an easy tell. But, which kind is it over here in Siena, Italy?

Don P · March 28, 2023, 07:30:28 PM

I was going to say olive but the bark looks wrong to me.

Ljohnsaw · March 29, 2023, 01:58:12 AM

I know, the leaves are misleading! Ours typically have lobes.

Ianab · March 29, 2023, 03:02:43 AM

Quote from: ljohnsaw on March 27, 2023, 03:24:43 PMthink the bark is an easy tell. But, which kind is it over here in Siena, Italy?

A Live Oak, Quercus ilex maybe?

Ljohnsaw · March 29, 2023, 03:24:24 AM

Ding, ding, ding. Not sure of the exact but here are the acorns. A little small for the live oak I'm used to in California. Included a little something for scale 🫤

Ljohnsaw · March 31, 2023, 03:34:36 PM

No clue what this is but I'm pretty sure one of you do! Having never seen one I was going to guess shagbark hickory since it looks shaggy- but it's not that.

Ljohnsaw · April 03, 2023, 05:22:30 AM

No guesses on that last one?

Ok, how about this common one that MM saws a bit of. I'm in Toledo, Spain.

As you can see, absolutely huge! I didn't get a shot of the leaves but it has those little spikey balls.

Old Greenhorn · April 03, 2023, 06:34:09 AM

This one I know, it's a European Sycamore. Distinctive bark. Never sawed it yet. Had them where I grew up as ornamentals along the streets, but never saw one up this way.

Ljohnsaw · April 03, 2023, 07:48:33 AM

I don't think I posted it in my Traveling Abroad thread but over in Croatia and Slovenia, they lined the roads out in the country. Planted probably 50 feet apart, maybe more, and pruned them into vase shaped with open centers. Probably only one 8 foot saw log each.