I need help identifying a few trees

[Rebelduckman]

In Mississippi if that helps any. Tia

 

[BEConklin]

I'll take a stab...
1. I dunno
2. likewise
3. poison ivy growing on some tree I dunno the name of....but maybe white oak
4. some kind of hickory - maybe pignut
5. looks like some kind of maple

 

[nrford]

#1 My guess Gum(really do not know)
#2 Cherry
#3 Hickory
#4 White Oak
#5 Soft Maple.

 

[mol1jb]

Bark id alone is pretty difficult. #1 is almost certainly walnut. #2 most likely cherry. The rest I need more info else I'm just completely guessing

 

[ArsenalDon]

Picks of Canopy or at least some foliage needed

 

[Woody Stover]

#1 My guess Gum(really do not know)

Or Persimmon?

 

[blazincajun]

If your on a flood plain: My guess
black gum - sickly subcanopy tree
black cherry
black gum with poison ivy vine - growing well as canopy tree
swamp chestnut oak or white oak: acorns - 12 grams vs. 3-5 grams usually found under leaf litter unless the hogs already discovered them
red maple or swamp red maple

 

[Pellet_Pete]

#1 My guess Gum(really do not know)
#2 Cherry
#3 Hickory
#4 White Oak
#5 Soft Maple.

These would be my best guesses as well, though you're pushing the latitudinal limits of my botanical knowledge!

 

[nrford]

If your on a flood plain: My guess
black gum - sickly subcanopy tree
black cherry
black gum with poison ivy vine - growing well as canopy tree
swamp chestnut oak or white oak: acorns - 12 grams vs. 3-5 grams usually found under leaf litter unless the hogs already discovered them
red maple or swamp red maple

I could see #3 as gum as well. Wasn't thinking that but it sure is a strange look for Hickory.

 

[blazincajun]

"Picks of Canopy or at least some foliage needed"


I could see #3 as gum as well. Wasn't thinking that but it sure is a strange look for Hickory.

Rub the bark, if soft, small pieces will rub off like the other soft barked gums. I like to describe hickory bark as tight and hard.

 

[Rebelduckman]

Thanks for the replies men. I'll try to post these again in the spring so you'll have a little better idea of things

 

[motorcycle07]

The second one I would say is black cherry as I do not know any other tree that has bark similar to it. I am three states to the north though so I have no idea what kind of "tropical" trees grow your way.

 

[Rebelduckman]

I cut up some of #5 today. Sure does split good. Very pretty wood. You guys say maple huh?

 

[nrford]

Yepper

 

[Rebelduckman]

Yepper

Thanks for clarifying. I'm still learning the trees. Until I got the stove this year pretty much all I knew was oak. Came up with a fireplace in the house and wood didn't necessarily have to be seasoned to burn. I found out real quick this year I better find some wood that'll season much quicker. I have a couple years worth of oak but it'll need to set a couple years.

 

[aansorge]

1. Maybe a Hawthorne?
2. Black Cherry
5. Does look like soft maple.

 

[Rebelduckman]

1. Maybe a Hawthorne?
2. Black Cherry
5. Does look like soft maple.

How does Hawthorne burn if so?

 

[ArsenalDon]

Silver Maple...softer of the Maple, but still good wood

 

[aansorge]

Hawthorne isn't all that special. It seems soft, very moist, and everyone I've cut has had ants living inside of it. This was on a fence line I was clearing for my uncle. The trees were not all that old or large and they seemed healthy so the ant thing had me baffled.