I found these down near the Connecticut River in Northfield, MA and am rather clueless as to what I'm looking at. The bark just says Ash to me, but the branch structure of these trees clearly does not.
Tree #1 7.5' CBH 86.5' tall Buds are very bright red, twigs are lightish in color, alternate pattern. Has "drupes" very light in color, with some remaining leaves attached. Bark is narrowly fissured, and branches grow out and droop from trunk. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1bark.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1buds.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1fruit.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1fruit2.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1structure.jpg Tree #2 4.5' CBH 95.2' tall Buds are yellow, twigs are light with dark brown leaf scars. Bud/ branch arrangement is alternate. Bark is again narrowly fissured. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2bark.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2buds.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2branch.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2structure.jpg Any ideas? Jeff --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
