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Help me identify these trees in the late winter.

14 years ago

Now that the snow is melting, I can see the the yard of the house I've just acquired. Can you help me figure out what trees and shrubs are on the property, just by looking at the photos in this album? Sorry there's not much evidence to work with. Bonus points if you see anything that needs serious attention soon.

http://picasaweb.google.com/billtron/IdentifyTheseTrees#

Thanks!

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Dan _Staley (5b Sunset 2B AHS 7)
14 years ago
Winter ID is best done with leaf arrangement and leaf scars. We can guess at some of those - some pretty good guesses - without leaves if that is good enough.

Dan
listener
Original Author
14 years ago
Most of the pictures are of the trunks and branches. No leaves or fruits. I'd appreciate any help you can provide, though.

Here is a link that might be useful: Identify these trees please
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gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
14 years ago
What Dan is saying is that just the silhouette or outline or close up of the trunk is not really sufficient for most deciduous tree and shrub ID in winter. Close ups are needed of the stems and buds. They are not even close enough photos to verify the ID of the some of the conifers :-)

Here's my bonus point - might as well consider removing the blue spruce. It is not in good shape (can't say for sure what's going on with it from that distance - it could be any number of things, including not enough sun) but it is unlikely to get any better looking :-)
listener
Original Author
14 years ago
Ah, I see. Well, thanks for looking anyway. I guess I'll have to wait until my friend, a field naturalist at UVM, to visit in the spring. At least I can look forward to a colorful crab apple tree!
Embothrium
14 years ago
Too many photos to click back and forth between this site and Picasa to post an answer, than have another look. Maybe try putting some directly on GardenWeb instead.
pineresin
14 years ago
#21 is Eastern White Pine as tagged, but #16 isn't; looks like Douglas-fir or a spruce. A close-up of the foliage will soon tell which.

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14 years ago
2&3 paper birch AKA white birch Betula papyrifera
4 central tree is a hemlock Tsuga canadensis. Tree on right paper birch, tree on left might be a cherry. Tree in back can't see enough of.
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7 probably sugar maple
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9. probably burning bush - does it have little wings or projections on the twigs? If so, this is an invasive that will freely seed into the woods and displace native shrubs. Blueberries would be good replacement.
10 Gray birch, probably
1. Most probably lilacs
2. Can't see enough of it, but probably an ash or a maple
  13 - More probably a maple, though can't see enough detail to tell against the background - do you have a closeup or zoom?
  14&15 can't see enough detail to tell against the background - do you have a closeup or zoom?
  16 spruce
  17 spruce behind
  18 Maple, probably red (look at buds & twigs for color)
  19 same as 18
  20 & 21 correctly labeled
  23 white pine in back, can't see enough of anything else
Looks like second growth farm field, perhaps old pasture. Are there rock walls and/or barbed wire in your woods?
If you hold a white piece of paper behind the twigs of your lower branches and take a close-up, I can do a better job.

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