Tree of the day

WDH · June 21, 2019, 08:45:19 PM

Cows really like the ping pong ball sized acorns so one of the common names is Cow Oak.

Don P · June 21, 2019, 10:09:00 PM

Going backards, well I stepped out the door to grab a pick of a different chestnut oak but squirreled and saw the blooms on eastern hophornbeam so here it is. I pushed the sharpness on the image shrinker so hopefully you can see the hopping veins near the edges on the vertical leaf. That's cool, I didn't know that.

caveman · June 21, 2019, 11:13:42 PM

Good picture, DonP. The pubescence is also easy to see in your picture.

caveman · June 22, 2019, 06:18:08 AM

Today's tree of the day is an alien cousin of one we saw not too long ago. The wood from this tree is used to make tea chests and the tree has several medicinal uses.

DelawhereJoe · June 22, 2019, 08:47:26 AM

I'll go with Chinese sweet gum on this one

Texas Ranger · June 22, 2019, 09:22:15 AM

Montpellie?

caveman · June 22, 2019, 12:22:19 PM

DelawareJoe got it right off the bat. Chinese Sweetgum (Liquidambar formosana).

lxskllr · June 22, 2019, 09:00:54 PM

I was on the right track. Thought it looked gum-like, but I'm not familiar with Chinese Sweetgum.

I've been enjoying this thread. My tree ID skills are pretty poor beyond the basics. I sometimes have to locate trees at work, and if the name doesn't come to me, it gets labeled as a "Tiswood", as in 24" Tiswood :^P

caveman · June 22, 2019, 10:58:50 PM

Tomorrow's tree of the day an hour early.

Texas Ranger · June 22, 2019, 11:12:00 PM

off the top of my head, I think green

WDH · June 23, 2019, 07:30:48 AM

Down this way, green is more common.

DPatton · June 23, 2019, 09:37:08 AM

:D This one might cause discussion between Southside and WDH about opposite branching ;).

Don P · June 23, 2019, 10:19:58 AM

ain't touching that with a 10 foot burnt up stick.

Woodpecker52 · June 23, 2019, 10:41:38 AM

Green or Carolina ASH .

Woodpecker52 · June 23, 2019, 05:13:32 PM

I have a few of these trees on my property which I protect as they are usually not found in this area. I know what they are do you have an idea also.

caveman · June 23, 2019, 05:54:57 PM

WoodPecker, Looks like Acer floridanum or Florida Maple. There are not many that I know of this far south. I need to plant one at my place.

Today's tree of the day was a Green Ash (Fraxinus pennsylvanica)

Woodpecker52 · June 23, 2019, 06:11:20 PM

Bingo, they seem to be understory only and do not get much bigger than this one, usually under oaks, sapsuckers and yellowhammers love to drill the trunks, I am on the loess bluffs just off the delta so I have some unusual ones like American beech, ironwood, elms, ash, sassafras.

WDH · June 23, 2019, 08:30:10 PM

Florida maple is a hard maple like sugar maple. Note that the leaf margins are not toothed between the lobes. The soft maples are.

caveman · June 24, 2019, 12:11:41 AM

Monday's tree of the day. The leaf is smooth, both top and bottom. The tree blooms with small, white flowers in the springtime. The trees' trunks are usually spiral grained and do not make nearly as good of lumber as its close relative does.