Help identifying wood

[Kenny H]

Hello everyone, Ive been walkin in my woods all winter and even had a couple friends come out and have a look at what I have. This is my problem. I have many many trees on my place and I am not able to correctly identify any of them. The ones I thought I knew I may not. Every person that looks at them tells me they are something different from the other person. Kinda confusing when I don't even have a clue for myself. I do know what osage looks like.I can always tell what it is but I don't have any osage on my property. Heres my question I guess. Is there a way to correctly identify each tree specie that I have. A book or a web site thats user friendly. I have tried to look on-line several times but I can never tell what exactly they are. I have been able to tell a few that I found by the leaves. They were black walnut. I would love to find a book I could take back there with me and see them that way. Does anyone know of such a book or a way. Thank you for your time                   Kenny

[Jmilbrandt]

This is the site I always use to help to identify trees and bushes. It might not be much help if you have a tree and and need to know what it is but if you don't know what a tree or bush looks like it's excellent. http://plants.usda.gov

[Pat B]

Kenny, The Audubon Field Guide series has a book for the Eastern US and the Western US. These books have pics of bark, fruit, flowers, leaves, a pic of the trees skeleton and a good written description of twigs, buds, habit, culture and native area. It is in a pocket book size so you can take it along with you.
   Also, your local Cooperative Extension Service agent might walk your land with you and help you ID your trees.

[Kenny H]

Thank you both that site is really good. I'm gonna try and find that book PatB. I have a very big variety of trees and it drives me nuts not knowing what they even are. My kids know more about them than I do. Once again thanks.      Kenny