First response for #1 #2 probably bitternut hickory. Steve
On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]>wrote: > Basswwd, *Tilia* > > > On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Jeff LaCoy <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
