Help identify this tree please

[curdy]

There are several trees on a property I'm looking at in SE PA near the Susquehanna River. Anyone have an idea what it is? This one is probably 12-18" DBH. The ridges are thick.

Thanks!

 

[Ductape]

Hard to say with just that one pic, but it looks like the mature Black Cherry around these parts.

 

[curdy]

I know its not black cherry. I wish I had taken a pic of the younger trees, the ridges stick out just as far and are close together. Funny looking.

 

[woodbooga]

Shot in the dark since their range doesn't extend this far north - perhaps hackberry?

 

[curdy]

Hackberry very well could be it. That tree in the pic is bigger, but the bark on the left side looks very much like what I remember. I looked up other pics of it, and I think that's probably it.

If I buy the place, I'll try to remember to report back.

 

[Laird]

Shot in the dark since their range doesn't extend this far north - perhaps hackberry?

Good call, that would also be my guess.

 

[dustytools]

Hackberry.

 

[komatsuvarna]

Big hackberry. They are usually more like bumps. As they get bigger they look like yours.

 

[Wood Doctor]

The branches of a hackberry tree have a rather smooth, thin bark. The wood is surprisingly dense when cut green. As it dries, the heartwood and sapwood both become spalted.

I agree that we all need more than one Pic to identify this species. Otherwise, we are firing from the hip by looking only at the bark.

 

[WetBehindtheEar]

Hackberry makes AWESOME firewood!

 

[unclemoustache]

Hmm. I was thinking Cherry also. Doesn't look like hackberry to me. Got more photos?

 

[KsWoodsMan]

There are several trees on a property I'm looking at in SE PA near the Susquehanna River. Anyone have an idea what it is? This one is probably 12-18" DBH. The ridges are thick.

Thanks!

Unmistakably, Hackberry. And it does make good firewood.

 

[Geez]

Definitely hackberry. Our city streets used to be lined with stately elms and hackberrys. After dutch elm disease wiped out the elms, hackberry are all we have left for boulevard shade trees of any real size.
When in leaf, the leaves are usually pretty gnarly looking from warty galls, and there will be round purple berries.

 

[ShoerFast]

Unmistakably, Hackberry. And it does make good firewood.

Hackberry makes AWESOME firewood!

Hackberry.

+1 Gotcha!

+1 Gotcha!

+1 Gotcha!

Definitely hackberry. Our city streets used to be lined with stately elms and hackberrys. After dutch elm disease wiped out the elms, hackberry are all we have left for boulevard shade trees of any real size.
When in leaf, the leaves are usually pretty gnarly looking from warty galls, and there will be round purple berries.

Yes, ran out of rep, but my wager is that it's Hackberry also!