Tree identification help
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BlueCollarSchollar
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If you were in the south I would say wild cherry. The architecture of the upper limbs and certain aspects of the bark say cherry to me, maybe some kind of exotic?
Boogedy_Man
ArboristSite Operative
Hmm. Doesn't look like cherry to me, but I'll admit I have a tough time with this.
I'm leaning towards poplars....only the limbs are throwing me off.
I'm leaning towards poplars....only the limbs are throwing me off.
Beech?
5sticks
ArboristSite Lurker
100% poplar
Poplar
Cabin by the Creek
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Bark is white higher up. I was thinking in birch family but can't find anything in identification books to confirm. Someone said cotton tree but I've never seen suck an animal in NE pa..
5sticks
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As already stated by a few of us, it's is most definitely a poplar, especially seeing as you are in northeast PA. Your forests with be very close to the ones I work with here in Southern Ontario. You can't just rely on bark for id. Any tree id book should have a key to guide you through the identification process. Not to beat a dead horse, but it is a poplar lol.
Cabin by the Creek
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Ok, its a poplar. White poplar also know as silver or silverleaf poplar. Its a real light soft wood. Catkins and leaf make me 100% sure. Mystery solved after 15 years looking at it and wondering. I was fooled because we have so much tulip poplar in this area I just see that as poplar. Thanks for expanding my thought process.
We're going to sound repetitive but it is Poplar. Cut it down and mill some planks for a trailer. Great wood for that, not much for anything else, shoulder wood for the spring or fall maybe.
Look at the way the limbs come off the main trunk, just screams wild cherry to me but not the wild cherry we see north of the Mason Dixon line.
