I forgot...Son of a Beech. There were 13 trees, right?
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Here are my "guesses":- Red maple
- Red Spruce
- Ash or Sugar Maple
- Hemlock
- Red Pine
- Yellow Birch
- Grey Birch (easy for me because I saw the whole tree)
- Hophornbeam AKA Iron Wood, Hardhack
- Cedar
- Young Hemlock (the trunk was about 3-4 inches diam.)
- Yellow Birch
- Ash or Sugar maple
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From Googling, here is a specimen of Norway Maple.
And a Sugar Maple.
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They had better not be Norway maple. It's considered by many to be invasive. It's probably not a huge concern in the colder climates of the Adirondacks, but it has completely taken over some forested areas in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island.
They could be maple but my money is still on ash. The example you provided to sugar maple is the exception rather than the rule for the species, I think.
Do you have any uncropped versions of these photos you can share?
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Originally posted by DSettahr View PostThey had better not be Norway maple. It's considered by many to be invasive. It's probably not a huge concern in the colder climates of the Adirondacks, but it has completely taken over some forested areas in the Hudson Valley and on Long Island.
They could be maple but my money is still on ash. The example you provided to sugar maple is the exception rather than the rule for the species, I think.
Do you have any uncropped versions of these photos you can share?
The pics I posted are the uncropped versions.
I'm putting my money on Ash if you are. How much did you put?The best, the most successful adventurer, is the one having the most fun.
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I'm sure there's probably a black birch or two somewhere in the Adirondacks, but they definitely aren't common. The Adirondacks are a little bit too far north/too high in elevation for them. I wouldn't be super surprised to come across one in the Adirondacks but it would certainly also be noteworthy.
It's possible that one of birches is a gray birch, but that would be somewhat unusual also. I would want to see the leaves to be sure.
Norway maple is a common street tree due to its high level of tolerance of adverse growing conditions (which probably also contribute to it being invasive). There is some evidence that the species is capable of allelopathy (using chemicals to suppress the growth of other competing species).
Silver maples are also tolerant of wet conditions in particular and are commonly used as street trees as well, although the wood is known for being weak. It's a good idea not to plant any silver maples close to a building or a driveway if you don't want to end up having to pay for repairs to your house/car in the long run because a branch fell on either. Silver maples are also somewhat rare in the Adirondacks- they are a bottom land species and can be found growing alongside some of the rivers but that's about it. I know they grow extensively alongside the Raquette River downstream of Raquette River Falls.
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Those could be grey birch, but I don't see anything distinctive that indicates to me 100% for sure that these trees are that species. The one bark characteristic that I look for in grey birch is obvious inverted "V's" or triangles where branches stem from the main trunk. Like this:
Gray birch, in my limited experience, also seems to be slightly less "peely" than paper birch (which does fit your image).
Gray birch also doesn't get very large- it rarely exceeds 30 feet in height.
But I'll be the first to admit that I don't have much experience with gray birch. I would want a good look at the leaves to be sure- they are are elongated and are very distinctive in comparison to paper birch leaves.
An easy way to distinguish between paper and yellow birch is to break a branch and then smell it. Yellow birches have sap that smells like wintergreen.
Black birches also have a sweet smell (they can be taped and the sap made into syrup, as with maples), but it's not easy to confuse a black birch with other types of birches that we have here in the northeast- they are very obviously darker in color.
Young aspens have creamy white bark and to the untrained eye, they are often easily mistaken for birches (there are no aspens in the set of images, however).
The "red pine" could also be scotch pine, an introduced species that was widely planted by the CCC that has become naturalized in many areas of the Adirondacks. The bark coloration would make more sense, I think- Red Pine does have reddish tint to the park in places, but scotch pine has a very obvious reddish-orange tint to younger portions of the tree.
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