BlackCoffin
ArboristSite Operative
Curious if anybody knows what kind of tree this is? My cousin just bought a property and this beast is on it. Any insight would be great!
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Walnut or something else?
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Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Operative
Definitely not a walnut. I've seen some overcup oaks that the acorns look similar but still different, and the bark is totally different. Some better pics of the nuts and leaves would help.
Maybe some type of chestnut??
Maybe some type of chestnut??
BlackCoffin
ArboristSite Operative
I’ll try and get some better pictures soon and post them up! Chestnut never crossed my mind, a type of oak based of the leaves was a thought as well.
buzz sawyer
Addicted to ArboristSite
Not any kind of Chestnut I've ever seen. Yes, please get better shot of the fruit/seed.
The seed does resemble Chestnut but should have dropped months ago. The bark does not look like Chestnut.
The seed does resemble Chestnut but should have dropped months ago. The bark does not look like Chestnut.
HuskyP
ArboristSite Lurker
Big tree. Good firewood. But if the tree is healthy, it can be a pleasurable use of time trying to learn it’s name. The most sensible thing to say now is that I like snapping turtles.
BlackCoffin
ArboristSite Operative
I told him better leave that tree until it starts deteriorating or becomes a hazard. Big trees like that don’t just happen overnight. Would mill as much if it as possible if we ever did remove it.
HuskyP
ArboristSite Lurker
Great approach! I like to see them standing until they’re sick or deteriorating.
lone wolf
MS 200T King
It looks like A Sycamore or Plane Tree.
BlackCoffin
ArboristSite Operative
Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Operative
Not a sycamore. But I think it definitely might be something related to it, looking at the bark. Plane tree? I don't think we have those around here, but we definitely have sycamores everywhere.
LOL, dang sycamores. Of the 2 or 3 pieces of wood that my splitter was unable to split, they have all been sycamores.
Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Operative
Those look a lot like the sycamore balls, but they're a bit different--more spiny than sycamore. Leaves look close too, but the bark is all wrong for sycamore too dark, and the rougher sections of bark are too thick/deep. But it definitely looks like a very close cousin!
BlackCoffin
ArboristSite Operative
Well, I change my answer with that picture!
Probably Platanus orientalis. I'm honestly not as familiar with that species or P. racemosa
No question it is Platanus...just which species?
Ol' Brian
ArboristSite Operative
I don't think it's American Sycamore, which is what we have around here in my area. The balls are not on a string as the OP shows. Bark is different too.
American Sycamore- Platanus occidentalus
lone wolf
MS 200T King
Hmm?