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Offline hillbilly61

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Tree ID Please
« on: April 10, 2011, 11:54:56 am »
 Out turkey hunting this morning and cam accross this tree. Only 2 around that I could find. Was hoping y'all could help.

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Offline Will H

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Re: Tree ID Please
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2011, 11:58:19 am »
Persimmon maybe... ???
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Offline Pat B

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« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2011, 12:18:06 pm »
Possibly black gum.  Gum and persimmon have similar bark.
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« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2011, 01:43:14 pm »
I say green ash.  Persimmon has black spots on the leaves.
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« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2011, 02:14:41 pm »
Green ash has pinately compound leaces.  Black gum(nyssa sylvatica) has alternate, simple leaves.  The black spots of persimmon leaves are probably fungal spots.
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« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2011, 07:47:58 pm »
I've harvested several of those, and the property owner told me they were Persimmon. What he did, is had me cull out some of the male trees to make room for fruit bearing females. The bark and the leaves are distinct. Makes good bows Mark, but I learned the hard way not to force the drying. Reduced the very first split to get rid of mass, and it checked so badly that daylight could be seen through the checks.  It is a hard dense wood that was once used in golf club heads.

Offline okie64

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« Reply #6 on: April 10, 2011, 11:00:31 pm »
Looks like persimmon to me. :)

Offline beetlebailey1977

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« Reply #7 on: April 10, 2011, 11:16:59 pm »
Pat B you are correct that is the older bark of Black gum and the leaves match up.  It is funny that persimmon, black gum, and green ash bark can all look very similar.
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Offline Yann T

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« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2011, 08:26:58 am »
Dogwood?

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« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2011, 11:46:11 am »
Mark, here is photo of the bark on a black gum tree. You can compare to the one you posted. The leaves of the two trees are similar and I think that is where confusion sometimes results.

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« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2011, 11:49:51 am »
The leaves on the black gum are thicker too.

Offline RidgeRunner

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« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2011, 02:38:41 pm »
I am starting to think it is a Dogwood.
Look how the twigs branch...

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« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2011, 10:28:02 pm »
Our Black Gum trees here have bark and leaves just like the pics.   Look at the angle that the limbs come off the trunk. Black Gum limbs come off the trunk at almost 90deg, straight out from the trumk.
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Offline Mangeur de lard

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« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2011, 11:26:15 pm »
I think it could be a species of dogwood (Cornus). the leaves are opposed and the veins on the leaves are curved and follow the edge of the leaf, all typical of dogwoods. If you could get a picture of the flowers it would definetaly help confirm.

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« Reply #14 on: April 12, 2011, 12:04:57 am »
Thanks guys...It has no flowers....I have to agree with Lombard, I don't think it's black gum.....What about wild cherry? The bark seems to be like it but not the leaves. The leaves almost look like a beech, but not the bark ???
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