Tree ID

[Blue Vomit]

what say you?

 

[firefighterjake]

I can say with some certainty that this is a tree . . . but that's about it.

 

[bogydave]

Not sure
Definitely not birch or spruce

 

[jimosufan]

looks like chokecherry.?

 

[Blue Vomit]

I thought maybe persimmon... I dont know if they get that big, and the bark seems off?

 

[coverdome]

How about Black Tupelo?

 

[Blue Vomit]

How about Black Tupelo?

hmm, sounds pretty good.

 

[Senatormofo]

How about Black Tupelo?

I think you nailed it. I would agree with Black Tupelo.

 

[Blue Vomit]

Not for firewood. I see this tree on a Regular basis, on a trail. I was always curious, never knew what it was.

 

[Jack Straw]

I am saying Black Tupelo, I have no idea what it is, I just think Black Tupelo sounds cool! That should be a song title.

 

[TimJ]

Van Morrison
"She's as sweet and tupelo honey"

 

[Wood Duck]

I think it looks like Black Tupelo aka Black Gum. The bark doesn't look quite like the big Black Gums around here, but the leaves do, including the few red leaves I see in the background. Black gum is among the first trees to turn red in the fall and turns a very bright red. The fruit also indicate Black Gum, and so does the structure of the tree - branches coming out of the trunk almost horizontally are typical of Black Gum.

 

[Ratman]

There's a music hall around here called the Tupelo.