Author Topic: LL's "walk in the woods" (Read 2873 times)

Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #21 on:** August 24, 2007, 07:44:31 am »

Quote from: bitternut on August 23, 2007, 06:02:01 pm

Guess you guys in the South have lots of small Chestnut in your woods also. Did you find any burrs with viable nuts in them? I have found a few but most are just hollow burrs.

I did not see any burrs, but I did not look very hard either.

OneWithWood · « **Reply #22 on:** August 24, 2007, 08:24:43 am »

But Danny, you will soon be thin. The young part is all in your approach. You did not strike me as being any older than I am and I am still young

My dad once accused me of going through my second childhood. I had to inform him that I was not done with the first one yet

WDH · « **Reply #23 on:** August 24, 2007, 11:08:23 am »

You are right, OWW. I am getting thinner by the minute and I am young at heart

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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #24 on:** August 24, 2007, 06:18:22 pm »

You ain't far enough yet at Mount Washington, ya gotta keep climbing....erm in latitude.

Near Corner Brook, Newfoundland

Humber river Newfoundland

Somewhere in the same vicinity, just forget exactly.

I can confirm there is a trail as soon as ya leave the Ferry in Port aux Basques. You'll see whales as ya cross in July from North Sydney, NS.

http://www.iatnl.ca/

WDH · « **Reply #25 on:** August 24, 2007, 09:30:05 pm »

SD,

I guess we will just have to continue on up and pay you a visit up there;) I am sure Furby knows the way. Dodgy won't be any help because he is always looking up, not ahead

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Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #26 on:** August 24, 2007, 10:01:36 pm »

Another of the trees I saw along the trail - saw several of them.

I do not know what this tree is. It has me stumped. Yet, I feel like I should know it. $:-\$

WDH · « **Reply #27 on:** August 24, 2007, 10:47:45 pm »

How about a couple of hints?

The stipular scars should completely encircle the twig, a diagnostic characteristic of this family. Also, the terminal bud should be silky and a whitish color. The twigs emit a sweet spicy smell when broken. The fruit is an aggregate of follicles. The leaf tips are usually acuminate, as you can see in the second pic on the left side. It has a fairly large greenish to yellowish flower, 2" to 3" long, so it is conspicuous. It has several notable first cousins. One is a stately southern tree that is so southern that you see its flower on many tiles, plates, paintings, and other art work. It has another cousin that is a fine soft-hardwood tree much desired for its fast drying, stable lumber, close grain, and ease in accepting paint. It was a popular wood for painted furniture in the 1700's and the 1800's. It also has a most unusual leaf shape, really one of a kind. This is one fine family of trees.

Oh, this should be the kicker.........the buds are valvate

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SwampDonkey · « **Reply #28 on:** August 25, 2007, 04:33:12 am »

Well...that's palpable enough.

Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #29 on:** August 25, 2007, 08:39:32 am »

Uh, I'll try.

One thing you said that I think I understand and remember from a previous post is the stipular scarring (remember the oversized Carya leaflet in http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=25991.0) ?

It is apparently a magnolia.

I'll go with Magnolia acuminata. But none of the bark pictures I find for acuminata closely resemble my bark picture.

WDH · « **Reply #30 on:** August 25, 2007, 07:57:19 pm »

I think it is cucumber tree. The bark tends to be a little more scaly than yellow poplar. That is about all it could be.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #31 on:** August 26, 2007, 05:55:48 am »

pupil: Why is it cucumber tree?

teacher: It just doesn't look like anything else.

WDH · « **Reply #32 on:** August 26, 2007, 09:59:11 am »

Oh ye of little faith

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Remember the transitive theory of mathematics? If A=B, and B=C, then A=C.

In this case, C=Cucumber Tree

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Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #33 on:** August 26, 2007, 12:21:04 pm »

Lanier_Lurker · « **Reply #34 on:** November 09, 2007, 09:42:32 pm »

Time for some more pictures from this outing. This is about all that is left other than some more pictures of chestnut.

What do you suppose this tree is?

Tom · « **Reply #35 on:** November 10, 2007, 10:35:41 am »

the leaves look like swamp white oak.

Don K · « **Reply #36 on:** November 10, 2007, 03:25:35 pm »

Leaves look like that of a chestnut oak.

Don

Tom · « **Reply #37 on:** November 10, 2007, 06:31:06 pm »

The reason I picked Swamp White is because my Chestnut Oak leaves have smaller and sharper sawtooth edges than the leaves in the picture and the bark is scalyer than this picture. It could be though.

SwampDonkey · « **Reply #38 on:** November 10, 2007, 07:00:30 pm »

Looks like ashy gray bark and leaves of swamp chestnut oak. Now there's one for ya. Q. michauii

Chestnut oak is more to the north isn't it?

Tom · « **Reply #39 on:** November 10, 2007, 07:13:18 pm »

Yes, swamp chestnut oak, Q. michauii is what I was referring to when I mentioned "my chestnut Oak leaves". Confusing, isn't it.

Swamp white Oak (bicolor) does get into north Georgia

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Author Topic: LL's "walk in the woods" (Read 2873 times)