Tree I.D.
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smokinj
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Todd
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Wood Duck
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The leaves clinch it as Sugar maple, but the location also works against Silver Maple. Around here (central PA, and even more so in northern NY where Zapny is) it is pretty unusual to find Silver Maple in the middle of the forest or on hill like Zapny's woods. I think in the midwest or close to the coast Silver Maple is more widespread. In the mountains it is common only along rivers or where someone planted it.
Todd
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WoodPorn
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Henz
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WOODBUTCHER
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Man......How did I miss an easy ID like that....I gotta hit these posts more often.
I force myself to ID with no leaves, it helps you to become one with the bark, Sugar Maple is a hole in one.
WB
I force myself to ID with no leaves, it helps you to become one with the bark, Sugar Maple is a hole in one.
WB
Henz
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I have two Tree ID quick reference books that are about 4"x6" in size and take you step by step through identification. One is for winter identification (leaf off)and one is for summer (leaf on). They are by May Theilgaard Watts/Tom Watts. I got them in college taking some course I do not remember but they are by far the easiest way to identify trees in the NE that is..I gighly recomend them. You can get them at Amazon.com for $3.95each and I carry them in my atv when I am in the woods
I think all you guys have missed this one. It's Shagbark Hickory. A very common tree here in the rural South and very desirable. There is no finer wood than Shagbark Hickory. David
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Once in a while I see a Sugar Maple or White Oak that is shaggy enough to look almost like Shagbark Hickory. I'm not saying the picture is one of them, but it is sort of a shaggy Sugar Maple.
WoodPorn
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smokinj
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Cluttermagnet
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Here are links to the two books:Adirondackwoodburner said:
Winter Tree ID
Tree ID
These look good and are inexpensive, so I think I'll get one or borh of them.
Thanks for the suggestion.
Todd said:
Todd won two embroidered hats with a chainsaw and some lettering, Todd it was sent out today VIA UPS.
Zap
smokinj
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smokinj
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zapny said:
I dont rember anything about a chainsaws on a hat on the line never mind 2 of them! lol
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