Take This 'Nutty' Challenge...

[suaf]

Ok - here are some pics. I warn you they are from my camera phone as I was walking along and have seen this tree many times and I can't wait to get an ideantity on it. The nut casing is a bit more orangish/brown than they appear. The dots seem to be very short bristles. There were crushed nuts/casings all around the base of the tree - probably by squuirrels up in the tree. Good luck and I'll be excited to find out what this tree is as its the only one around the area I can find. Thanks!

 

[l2edneck]

sorry cant see em good......

photoshop!!!!!!

 

[Adkpk]

It is time for the nuts to come down from the trees.

 

[suaf]

The size of the photos is part of what makes it a 'nutty' challenge. Come on people, the pics (I think its 4 and 5) with the actual nut should be recognized by someone here

 

[Adkpk]

I know what it is but I don't what to give it away to early.

 

[b1rdman]

Hickory

 

[B-Edwards]

That fork looks like a White pine. That (Nut) looks like something I've seen on a White Oak. But pines dont have leaves.

 

[suaf]

Its no oak. That nut is approximately the size of a golf ball. Hickory seems a good possibility after I took a look at Google images. But I don't see those strange short bristles on hickory.

 

[ray benson]

Tough to tell from the bite sized pics. Might look at the Ohio buckeye.
http://www.oplin.lib.oh.us/tree/fact pages/buckeye_ohio/buckeye_ohio.html

 

[daemon2525]

Ray has it. It's a buckeye I have one in my yard

 

[suaf]

Thank you thank you!!! No doubt that from looking at that pic....you are absolutely right. A Buckeye it is! Well done!

 

[SuperDIYer]

%*$(*^*@#$ Buckeye Trees

Well, if this is your first autumn with one of these *(%@#($@$() trees, I am sorry for you. These things drop one or more nuts out of each of those husks, and the %%*#@(^*@#)( nuts bury themselves in the grass, causing very rough yard and a plethora of new buckeye trees in the spring. If you really do have a buckeye and don't have ways of getting the nuts out of the yard, I would be willing to provide some of my techniques.

If you are experienced with this and have good techniques for getting the nuts out of the yard, then I would appreciate hearing them!!!

While we like the shade from our 15 year old buckeye, every fall we have been tempted to do this: to avoid the frustration the next year.

Good Luck
jtz