NW Georgia Wood ID 3

[Oregon Bigfoot]

Is this a cherry?

 

[gzecc]

Looks like white birch?

 

[nrford]

Could be a pin(choke) Cherry. It is not a Black Cherry.

 

[Woody Stover]

Could be a pin(choke) Cherry. It is not a Black Cherry.

 

[Wood Duck]

This picture looks more like a birch than a cherry. There are a few cherries with peely bark that has horizontal marks like this tree, but those cherries usually have a reddish color to the bark, not white.

The shrub on the left appears to be Callery Pear. The small branches in front of the birch trunk are from the shrub, right?

 

[basod]

From the scaring looks like cherry. I've cut several around here that have carpenter ants 30' up the pith.
Lived in this area for 6yrs and have never seen any wild birch, white(paper) or peppermint.
Occasionaly see a white birch but only in landscaping.

 

[Woody Stover]

Lived in this area for 6yrs and have never seen any wild birch,

Looks like you're in the natural range of River Birch...

 

[NH_Wood]

Lived in this area for 6yrs and have never seen any wild birch,

Looks like you're in the natural range of River Birch...

All the river birch I've seen are very scaly with peeling bark and darker (also small, but not sure how large river birch get). If the tree were here, I'd guess gray birch. Cheers!

 

[basod]

Lived in this area for 6yrs and have never seen any wild birch,

Looks like you're in the natural range of River Birch...

Yep, forgot about the river birch.
I have a few small ~4" trees at top of driveway.
The draws around me are predominately populated by beech, walnut and sycamore.

 

[TreePointer]

This is a known pin cherry (fire cherry) from our farm. Note the characteristics of its horizontal lenticels:

Note the orange color peeking through the outer skin.

For the tree in question, I'd say it's not pin cherry.

(Aside: pin cherry is not the same species as chokecherry.)

 

[Oregon Bigfoot]

Looks like white birch?

I don't think this is a white birch, we have those here in Oregon. Maybe its a black birch? The picture is much lighter than in actual life, probably because I used a flash. The bark is more darker gray color. But it didn't quite look like a cherry tree. My next door neighbor has a white birch, and the neighbor behind me has a black cherry, and its not either of those.

 

[Oregon Bigfoot]

This picture looks more like a birch than a cherry. There are a few cherries with peely bark that has horizontal marks like this tree, but those cherries usually have a reddish color to the bark, not white.

The shrub on the left appears to be Callery Pear. The small branches in front of the birch trunk are from the shrub, right?

Yes, the small branches in front are from the other tree.