Id the tree please

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mywaynow

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This tree is standing dead. Splits into 2 main trunks about 12 feet off the ground. Base diameter 30 inches, hieght 75 feet.
 

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+1 Aspen or cottonwood
 
I vote cotton wood
 
Pictures are not clear enough but I will say that around here there is a much greater chance of twins like that with popple rather than cottonwood.
 
I also think it is poplar or Cottonwood. Perhaps it is one of the hybrid, fast-growing versions of poplar.
 
I had kind of ruled out Poplar based on the limb growth, and the bark. May just be wishful thinking too, but I hoped it was an Oak. I will get some better pics of the bark.
 
Those pictures aren't real clear, but they are clear enough to confidently identify the tree as cottonwood or poplar (cottonwood is in the genus Populus, so are hybrid poplars, aspens, etc.). The bark color and pattern seems very typical of poplar and the branching seems just right for a cottonwood/poplar grown in the open.
 
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