Help with tree ID
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Okay need to look at buds, leaf scars and so forth. But right off long shot is Tulip Poplar with that long straight trunk.
There is certainly plenty of that in Massachusetts. I have 3 of these trees in my yard, I haven't seen them anywhere else in my area.
Driving me nuts not being able to ID it.
Driving me nuts not being able to ID it.
The never turn black, mulberries change in color correct? The ones on this tree are light red almost pink
Correct. Does this look familiar?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera#/media/File:Liriodendron-tulipifera-bud.jpg
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron_tulipifera#/media/File:Liriodendron-tulipifera-bud.jpg
Woody5506
Minister of Fire
jetsam
Minister of Fire
Tulip poplar 'fruits' (unopened flowers) are smooth and look like small pickles more than anything.
I have no clue what I am looking at in the photo. It looks like prickly pear cactus.
I have no clue what I am looking at in the photo. It looks like prickly pear cactus.
TreePointer
Minister of Fire
I don't recall seeing any fruit like it in my area. It might be some type of magnolia.
jetsam
Minister of Fire
That does look a little like a magnolia fruit but the tree doesn't look like a magnolia... though maybe it grew so straight and tall and branchless because of the overshadowing pines?
I have 3 like that all straight as an arrow, the one in my backyard is the biggest. Any idea on resources to ID this tree?
According to "Trees of North America", it may be a cucumber tree ( magnolia acuminata ) going by the fruit and bark. It is the northern-most magnolia in North America. They are also native to Canada.
The fruit looks like a warty cucumber and turns red at maturity.
This site has some good photos:
https://selectree.calpoly.edu/tree-detail/magnolia-acuminata
lost in the woods
Burning Hunk
yes im going with cucumber! we call em pickle trees hahaha. very close to poplar(liriodendron tulipifora) in appearance . actually at the sawmill, we saw the cucumber along with the yellow poplar when we make a run of poplar lumber. only the best most experienced lumber graders can ID the cucumber lumber apart from the poplar.
ValleyCottageSplitter
Feeling the Heat
That is a good find. Never heard of that one. According to Wikipedia MA is outside it's normal range. Unfortunately the wood does not look very dense. Slightly higher than tulip poplar. https://www.wood-database.com/cucumbertree/
CincyBurner
Minister of Fire
+4 for cucumber magnolia (Magnolia acuminata).
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/magnolia/acuminata/
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=5
The pic of the ripened fruit combined with its large tree size and form (tall, straight trunk) make it a ringer for M.acuminata. It along with tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) are the only shade tree sized magnolias.
It's natural distribution is along the Appalachians (it's favors sites mixed mesophytic sites - well-drained, deep soils of sheltered mountain coves).
Not found in pure stands, but is sporadic within its range and habitat.
It's not popularly planted as a landscape specimen, but as a magnolia it does have a number of cultivated varieties, some hybridized with other magnolias.
I have one in my yard, but soil and climate in southwest Ohio aren't conducive to good growth.
https://gobotany.newenglandwild.org/species/magnolia/acuminata/
http://dendro.cnre.vt.edu/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=5
The pic of the ripened fruit combined with its large tree size and form (tall, straight trunk) make it a ringer for M.acuminata. It along with tulip-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) are the only shade tree sized magnolias.
It's natural distribution is along the Appalachians (it's favors sites mixed mesophytic sites - well-drained, deep soils of sheltered mountain coves).
Not found in pure stands, but is sporadic within its range and habitat.
It's not popularly planted as a landscape specimen, but as a magnolia it does have a number of cultivated varieties, some hybridized with other magnolias.
I have one in my yard, but soil and climate in southwest Ohio aren't conducive to good growth.
Cucumber is seen mostly with older landscape plantings in this area. Tree identification in school got most of us on that one.
