i agree as well. those 'not typical' traits you've pointed out are all still within the variation found in the species.
On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 7:35 AM, Will Fell <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
