We will start from an insects perspective and move out in 3 steps if you can't get it.
Identify this tree.
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/is2a.jpg)
Tamarack?
I ain't got airy-an-idee what the tree is, but I think the insect must be one of those durn Black Flies cuse I think it is looking from the north.
Noble
Nope, thats the south side of this tree.
Shagbark Hickory? ::)
Nope. Hint: It is a hardwood.
Red oak? lw
Louise gets the Cupie Doll!
Here are the remaining photos in this study of innerspace.
Picture 2. tree width sample.
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/is2b.jpg)
Picture 3. Up the trunk and into the foliage.
(https://forestryforum.com/images/YaBBImages/userpics/is2c.jpg)
Boy, these are hard. I went back to the first shot and still can't identify it as anything other than a tree :D.
Its funny how differently people see the same thing. The largest arrowhead or knife actually I've ever seen had my footprints on each side of it. It was too large for me to notice, my buddy always saw edges not outlines and picked it up laughing...its on his wall now instead of mine :-[ :D
The leaves look like a northern red oak to me.
Way to go Ron! You guess it for the second time and it only took 3 posts! :D
Look up. I gave it to L. with just Red Oak. Yes, Its Northern Red Oak. Try I.D. 3. ;D
FWIW, I went on the basis of the reddish color of the inner bark. lw