I have about 30 acres of woods in Orleans County, NY (between Buffalo and Rochester NY). 8 - 10 acres are beautiful mature forest: beech, maple, oak, a lot of dying cherry, plus many examples of this tree I'm trying to identify. The ash borer is moving steadily closer to my area and I'm afraid it's black ash. Then again, most of the ash I scrounged for firewood before moving to this property was white ash with a much rougher bark. The bark on this tree is relatively smooth - any chance it could be something else? Based on my tree book, pignut hickory looked like a possibility.
The pics are from 3 different trees, the one with me holding the leaf is a young tree obviously, because with the larger trees (some of which approach 18" or more in diameter), there are no branches for 30 feet or higher. It's generally a straight trunk, with a canopy too high to photograph.
Thanks in advance.
The pics are from 3 different trees, the one with me holding the leaf is a young tree obviously, because with the larger trees (some of which approach 18" or more in diameter), there are no branches for 30 feet or higher. It's generally a straight trunk, with a canopy too high to photograph.
Thanks in advance.