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Re: dang this tree
[Re: 52Carl]
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08/14/19 09:27 AM
08/14/19 09:27 AM
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Looks like beech to me. The bark is so covered up by lichens you can't see the smooth bark. I agree with Carl, this tree looks like American Beech with lichens and probably beech bark disease, which is why it looks so dark...
~Illegitimi Non Carborundum~
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Re: dang this tree
[Re: gryhkl]
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08/14/19 01:27 PM
08/14/19 01:27 PM
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It looks like American hornbeam-AKA hop hornbeam, iron wood, muscle wood, blue beech- from looking at the leaves. The fruit looks, and hangs down like, hops from which beer is made. It grows most often in the creek bottoms and usually doesn't get very big. If that's what it is, it's a big one. A better look at the smaller limbs would let us know for sure. American hophornbeam (Ostrya virginiana) is a separate tree from American Hornbeam (Carpinus caroliniana,aka Blue Beech/Musclewood). Hophornbeam bark looks very much like White Cedar bark.
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Re: dang this tree
[Re: cotton]
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08/14/19 08:06 PM
08/14/19 08:06 PM
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will try and remember to take the good camera out tomorrow after work and get better pictures
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Re: dang this tree
[Re: cotton]
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08/14/19 11:05 PM
08/14/19 11:05 PM
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will try and remember to take the good camera out tomorrow after work and get better pictures
Get a closeup of a terminal bud (end of the twig).
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Re: dang this tree
[Re: cotton]
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08/15/19 08:15 AM
08/15/19 08:15 AM
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Yes ^^^^..
The picture of the foliage that you have already shows a pretty good image of a leaf. It is NOT asymmetrical the way an elm leaf would be. I still believe it is a diseased Americana beech.
~Illegitimi Non Carborundum~
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