Ya, just for giggles I looked up its range and it's about what you would expect from the name. It's a pretty tree though...just not, apparently, the one you have.
Dana On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 17:26:36 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry all, I was in a LONG ass meeting. I like the effort that everyone > has put forth so far, though! > > So, here are the answers to the questions while i was gone: > > Dana, yes, I am in New England, so I doubt anything that has 'desert' in > the name would last more than five minutes around here! :) > > Kevin, thanks for that info. I will definitely get a picture up close of a > leaf, if I can find one under the foot of snow that I have in the yard > right now. Checking with the UNH Cooperative Extension is a great idea if > I stump this group (no pun intended). That one that you sent is only about > 5 miles away from my house. And, the link that you sent > (http://midwestlandscapeplants.org/photos/0021.jpg) isn't really all that > close, the branches are mostly sticking up on that one. Mine is really > droopy, for lack of a better term, but I am not sure if the tree does that > in the winter or not on its own. Cousin It is a perfect way to describe > it. You might be onto something there. > > Will, the branches are a lighter shade of brown, maybe like a cappuccino > color. The bark, from what I remember, is pretty smooth, like a cherry > tree or a birch tree. > > Will, out of those pics you sent, the structure of the tree looks a little > like these ones. Leaves are harder, since I really didn't pay any > attention to it until the leaves fell off. > > http://www.woodscreeknursery.com/images/Nursery/021025-051-640.JPG > http://www.woodscreeknursery.com/images/Nursery/021025-053-640.JPG > http://www.woodscreeknursery.com/images/Nursery/021025-054-640.JPG > > I will upload a web gallery tonight or tomorrow. > > Thanks for all the help! Never thought I could waste this kind of time on > a tree! > > Ray > > At 04:36 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote: > >http://www.woodscreeknursery.com/pictures.htm > > > > > > > > > >On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:26:47 -0500, Ray Champagne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The first one looks kinda close... > > > > > > UPDATE! I forgot that I have an ofoto account, I have a picture of the > > > house when we did the inspection, and the leaves are on it. > > > > > > So, until I take a picture tonight (without leaves, you can get a better > > > idea of what it looks like without the leaves, believe it or not): > > > > > > http://www.rayandlori.com/images/the_tree2.jpg > > > > > > Kinda small, but that is all I have to work with right now. > > > > > > Somebody had mentioned to me sometime that they thought it was a Japanese > > > Maple, but the pics online don't look that way. > > > > > > Ray > > > > > > At 02:15 PM 1/12/2005, you wrote: > > > >Although, someone might have trimmed the canopy back, explaining the > > > >oversized trunk for the canopy size. > > > > > > > >Do either of these feel similar? > > > > > > > >http://www.toddtroost.com/flowers/spring99/weepingcherry.jpg > > > > > > > >http://muextension.missouri.edu/explore/images/g06805figure02.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Jerry Johnson > > > >Web Developer > > > >Dolan Media Company > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:142262 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
