Connecticut tree identification

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donatello

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Nov 8, 2007
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Connecticut
Hey all! I was hoping someone could identify this tree. My sister-in-law had asked me to remove the big tree that fell in a storm, and it turned out to only be a big branch,but free wood non-the-less. When I cut up the limb,and threw it in my trailer,I noticed a whitish liquid that appeared to be coming from between bark and the wood. The core wood is mustard yellow (like guldens brand mustard).
 

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I'm not positive but everything I looked into kept coming up with different types of elm. If you can get a picture of just the leaf that will help out more.
 
Mulberry? Is this a woodlands tree or a planted ornamental? Nice pics by the way, the catkins with the leave tend to make it seem more in the Betulacea (birch) family which also includes alders and some other species, definately NOT a birch though. Hawthorn might also be a possibility but I'm guessing here.
 
The color of the wood and the texture of the bark lead me to believe Mulberry. The fact that it "oozed" white stuff would also indicate Mulberry. The leaves, not so much! Those almost look like alder or Witch Hazel. Neither get to be very large in Conn. If you have the ability to lay the leaf flat and take a picture with a coin (for scale) next to it, that will help

Larry D
 
Thanks for the help guys! It may not be oak, but it was free...
 
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