unusual leaf

[anneoakleaf]

  Jeff, I found an unsual leaf I wanted you to identify for me.  I was trying to download it to your website but I guess the file is too big.  I will send it to your sister as I do not have your e-mail address.  Maybe she can forward it to you.

anne oakleaf in Chicago

[Furby]

Welcome Anne.
We can walk you through the pic problem if you'd like to do it yourself.
There are instructions under the help button at the top of the page.
Feel free to ask if you get stuck.

[Wildflower]

anneoakleaf,

Hey welcome to the forum. You will now have to make it a point to comne to the Pig Roast in August. Pete and Lynda come every year. It is nice to see ya.

Tammy

[anneoakleaf]

Hey Tammy, how did you know it was me??  I was trying to be clever so you wouldn't know who this was.  Anyways, Jason e-mailed me and I sent the pic onto him. It wasn't a real clear pic but enough so he could tell what it was, I hope. Maybe I will try later to download the pic again.

[Furby]

Here ya go!

 

[anneoakleaf]

Thanks Furby for posting my pic.  Do you know what kind of tree it is?

Does anyone know?

Anne Oakleaf

[Furby]

Looks like mulberry to me, but it's been a while since I've seen a leaf so I could be way off.
Where did you find?

[WDH]

I vote with Furby.

[SwampDonkey]

If it's not a mulberry, it's the same shape as a sassafras to.

[anneoakleaf]

I don't think it's a mulberry as I didn't see any berries so maybe it's a sassafras. I found it in downtown Waukegan, Illinois this past fall. I found the leaf to be so very intresting that I had to find out what it was.  Thanks!

Anne Oakleaf

[anneoakleaf]

Hey Furby, I've been in Grand Rapids as well. I went to college there up on Beltline.  Back then it was Called Grand Rapids Baptist College. I forgot what they changed the name to now.  We used to go up to Michigan Hill...kind of like inspiration point. There also used to be the weather ball did they move it or just got rid of it? I've also been to John Ball Park & Zoo. So you see the world is sort of small huh?

Anne Oakleaf

[Dale Hatfield]

Mullberry is my vote as Sassafrass has a smooth leaf edge.
Dale

[WDH]

It is definitely mulberry.  The mulberries are long gone, assuming the tree was a female.  If it was a male, no berries, never.

[Jeff]

I concur with the Bassist. 

Welcome to the ForestryForum anneoakleaf! You realize Im goona slip up and call you by your real name dontcha?

Anneoakleaf is family. She is my Brother-in-law's wife's sister-in-law.

[Greg]

Definitely not sassafras.

Don't know anything about mulberry.

This leaf looks very similar to a landscaping bush sold alot around here, called oak leaf hydrangea.

Greg

[Tom]

I agree with mulberry and probably white mulberry as well. It's white that has the most ornamental shaped leaves even though Red or Black may have a few.   The first white mulberry leaf I ever saw reminded me of a chinese pagoda and I've never forgotten it.   They have all kinds of angles and are generally symetrical so that there are parts that look like spear tips or multi-roofed chinese buildings.

[Geoff Kegerreis]

Absolutely Mulberry.

[Tom]

Here's a picture of a White Mulberry leaf I posted years ago.  Pretty distinctive.

[SwampDonkey]

Yup, no doubt about it. 

[WDH]

If it is red mulberry, it will be scrabrous, rough to the tongue, like sandpaper.  If it is white mulberry, it will be smooth as a baby's bottom, and that is real smooth... .