Is anybody good at identifying trees?

[zanne]

I got this tree, along with nine others from the Audubon Society about eight years ago when they were all about three inches high. I gave away the other trees when they got to be about three feet high. I lost the ID tag for this tree as soon as I planted it and I've been trying to identify it ever since. It's about 15 feet high now. The tree itself is kind of pyramid shaped, only longer and slender.

I'd appreciate any help I can get with this one!

[JVS]

1. Yes.

But that someone is not me.

[Rabrrrrrr]

2. Rangers tend to be good. Outdoor survivalists. And, of course, arborists.

Plant biologists, people who study trees, and those who are fond of trees as a hobby are all good at identifying trees.

So are a number of my relatives and friends, but they fall into the "fond of trees as a hobby" realm of people, so don't really make a new class of tree identifiers on their own.

[av8rdave]

3. Yes...put any object in front of me and I can tell you whether or not it's a tree

I'm right almost 90% of the time!

[zanne]

6. Everybody's a smartass. nt

[Haole Girl]

4. Looks like a Bradford Pear. nt

[zanne]

7. Now that's interesting...

But I wonder what those little berry-type things are.

[Haole Girl]

9. They are berries

Sorry, that's the best I can do! :-)

[tigereye]

5. the leaves look like the pear tree leaves I have to cut every summer

when they bloom over my fence.


I'm no botanist though, so take that with a grain of salt...

[Maraya1969]

8. I say plant it and see what it grows into.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

10. Hiya zanne!! Could they be Huckleberry trees?

The leaves are somewhat similar, do the berries turn red when ripe??

http://cdr3.com/berry/

"Red Huckleberry - A tall shrub up to 10 feet,and good for Zones 5 to 9. Prefers full sun to half shade, decorative and delicous sweet to tart red huckleberries. These are closely related to the blueberry, and a cousin of the Evergreen Huckleberry, but these will drop their leaves in the fall."

I took my guess from the pic on the page.

Wish I cold say I was an expert :rofl:

:hi: :hug: :bounce:

[zanne]

15. No, it isn't a Huckleberry. I wish it was.

This is the first year it's produced berries. They're olive green and very hard. Maybe they'll change color in the fall. I hope so. If I don't find out what kind of tree that is, I'll go crazy.
Y'know how it is when you just have to know something that really isn't very important? Every time I look out the window and see that tree, I go back to Google. It's a mystery tree. Hey---maybe that's what it's called!

[arcadian]

11. What do the flowers look like?

Are they white? If so, with out any further info, i'm gonna agree with everybody else here who say that is a Domestic Pear. I checked my Peterson's Eastern Trees and that's the closest thing I can come up with, that or some kind of crab apple.

[zanne]

13. The flowers are white and small. nt

[zanne]

14. The flowers are white and small. nt

[leeroysphitz]

12. The Larch.

And I should know. I spend all my time in the aviary, studying trees.

[ldr65]

16. Wild Cherry

I think it is some kind of wild cherry tree, But I'm no expert.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. Looks like a Bradford Pear to me...

The little fruits are the pears.




I'm surprised Audubon sent you one. They're nuisance trees. They're highly invasive in our area, and are not at all sturdy, losing large limbs readily in stormy weather. I'm allergic to the flowers, which have that stinky smell that attracts certain fly pollinators.

But they are very pretty in the fall, and tend to hold their color much longer than other trees.

[KitchenWitch]

18. Could it be an American Linden tree

Also known as Basswood.

[southerncrone]

19. It may be a Hawthorne tree.

[zanne]

20. I sent the picture to the UNH Coop Extension.

They're pretty good about doing all they can to help. From what I've been able to glean from tree identification sites, my tree is either an elm or an ash. Those little green berries bother me, though.

[MilesColtrane]

21. That's a branch from an Adirondack Screaming Tree.

I hate those bastards.

[zanne]

22. So that's what I've been hearing!

I called the cops thinking someone was getting murdered. Damned tree.

[zanne]

23. The "mystery tree" has been positively identified!

It is a Bradford Pear tree (also known as an Ornamental Pear Tree). I received a return email from the University of NH Co-operative Extension where a tree expert identified it. Thanks, everybody! I can't explain it, but I'm so happy! See? Who needs Google when we have DU?

[Forkboy]

24. Number one...the Larch.

[Sequoia]

25. Mountain Laurel?

[Aristus]

26. Sure.

This one is Stan:


This one is Bill:


And this one is Cheryl:


:P