Tree ID

[Ck0461]

Sorry for the horrible pick. I usually like to do my own research but I’m in the middle of moving and my books are packed up. Not much to go on, unknown leaves or fruit. Bark is rough and thin, I forgot to get a pic of a cross section.

Toss out some suggestions to get me started. Thanks in advance!

 

[ATH]

Celtis

Your location could help...

North east, probably Hackberry Celtis occidentalis. (ironically, occidentalis, means "west"...but that name for the tree probably came from Europeans...so west of them, not west in the US).

South east, probable Sugarberry Celtis laevigata

There are probable some Asian species as well if you are in the "far east"...

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Ditto on location, and a "step back pic" of the overall tree's structure wouldn't hurt either

 

[Ck0461]

Western Virginia, I won’t have anymore pics till I go cut up the two that fell. I wasn’t thinking of posting the pics when I took them. I usually look them up using memory and a quick pic but can’t access my books.

 

[LoneOak]

Looks like Elm or Tallow.

 

[old CB]

Hackberry or sugarberry. ATH nailed it.

Don't know tallow, but that's no elm.

Hackberry. Split a piece and it will be stringy as can be.

 

[Ck0461]

Thanks everyone! I agree with hackberry. The bark is pretty unique, I’m surprised I haven’t run across any of these, it’s one that I won’t forget.

 

[buzz sawyer]

Another + for hackberry.

 

[TheJollyLogger]

Are we sure it's not a Highly Valuable Black Walnut?

 

[LoneOak]

Hackberry

 

[LoneOak]

Elm

 

[LoneOak]

Tallow

 

[Marine5068]

Sorry for the horrible pick. I usually like to do my own research but I’m in the middle of moving and my books are packed up. Not much to go on, unknown leaves or fruit. Bark is rough and thin, I forgot to get a pic of a cross section.

Toss out some suggestions to get me started. Thanks in advance!

Could be Elm of some kind. Maybe even Oak.

 

[KimBurgers]

Sorry for the horrible pick. I usually like to do my own research but I’m in the middle of moving and my books are packed up. Not much to go on, unknown leaves or fruit. Bark is rough and thin, I forgot to get a pic of a cross section.

Toss out some suggestions to get me started. Thanks in advance!

Hackberry. This is one of the bigger ones I've seen.

 

[ATH]

Hackberry. This is one of the bigger ones I've seen.

They get bigger.

 

[ATH]

FWIW, Celtis is in the Ulmaceae family...so related to elm. But those pics are Celtis.

 

[sand sock]

i'm going to say hackberry , most dont get that big, because they are about unsplitable, by hand. you let them grow till they just barely fit in your stove. it could also be what we call boxelder around here. but pretty sure its hackberry.

 

[Woody912]

Thanks everyone! I agree with hackberry. The bark is pretty unique, I’m surprised I haven’t run across any of these, it’s one that I won’t forget.

If it is hackberry it will split much easier around the edges than down the middle. Heart will be yellowish with very white sapwood.