She's coming down

[lctatlp]

This wekend I'm taking down this tree. I'm trying to figure out what it may be, could be a box elder or ash? not sure. What do you girls and guys think?

 

[Roundgunner]

Bark looks like the ash we have here.

 

[Charles1981]

any leaves available? almost looks like cotton wood too.

 

[Applesister]

I hope for your sake its Ash and not boxelder. Boxelder bark is a little twisted and the tree rarely has a straight clean trunk. It suckers and has trunk sprouts.
I'm more confident the tree is not Boxelder.
Can you find some leaves?
Unfortunately both trees have opposite branching and compound leaves.
Boxelder looks like Poison Ivy.

 

[Woody Stover]

White Ash.

 

[zig]

White Ash. Thousands of dead ones here.

 

[Mag Craft]

It looks more like ash to me. Cotton wood has thicker more coarse bark and like was mentioned before box elder is twisted and knarly looking.

 

[mstoelton]

If you can reach a small branch and cut it, box elder wood has red streaks running through it- almost always

 

[Soundchasm]

If it's dead, maybe you can get a sheet of bark off and look for signs of EAB. That should be pretty conclusive.

 

[nmcqueen469]

Another vote for ash.

 

[gzecc]

Could also be norway maple from the pic. Most likely ash. Is it dying from the top down?

 

[Razo]

If no leaves are available look for opposite branching. That will at least narrow it down to Ash and Maple and rule out the poplars.

 

[GibsonJ45]

diamond shaped bark = ash

 

[laxin213]

Vote for Ash.. Looks white ash to me

 

[Razo]

I agree, it looks a lot like Ash but Tulip Poplar bark can look identical, a simple glance at the branching would put all doubt to rest though.