Looks like a hop-hornbeam to me also. I've seen a some with flaky bark and some with tighter bark, but the leaves hanging on is not unusual for it.
On Apr 2, 11:29 pm, Steve Galehouse <[email protected]> wrote: > Jenny- > > It looks sort of like hop-hornbeam, but not typical for the way it looks in > my area--the smaller trunk is more similar to what I've seen, the larger > more "flaky" (but hey, you're in NYC)! Tomorrow I'll take a pic and send on > to you what i think is typical(for Cleveland). > > Steve > > > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 10:13 PM, JennyNYC <[email protected]> wrote: > > > ENTS, > > > Can you help me identify this tree? I am thinking it's a hophornbeam > > (Ostrya virginiana), but do their leaves cling in winter? It's > > growing just above the Bronx River flood plain. I couldn't get a close > > look at the buds. > > >http://picasaweb.google.com/JennifDudley/TreeIDHelp?feat=directlink > > > Thanks! > > Jenny- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
