The leaf certainly doesn't look very much like a quaking aspen leaf. To be honest, what it puts me in mind of is a balsam poplar, but that seems even less likely than quaking aspen for PA! If they are planted, though, anything could be. I know there's a couple of similar species out West and in Asia, and I've heard of people planting the Asian ones as ornamentals. One way or the other, though, aspen or poplar, a hundred-footer is a nice find!
--mark On Jan 22, 5:12 pm, "George Fieo" <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott, > > When I first saw it I thought it may have been a Lombardy poplar but it does > not have a slender form. It's definitely not a cottonwood. According to my > Audubon Field Guide it has the form of an aspen. The leaf is paler on the > bottom and its stem is slightly flattened. It also feels a little leathery. > The bark is not white like a european white birch but a greenish yellowish > white color. Whatever they are they were planted in a straight line and > evenly spaced along the trail. I had a camera but I left it in my truck. I > keep forgetting that my cell phone can take pictures also. > > George --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
