Solved!! Don't Go Barking Up the Wrong Tree

[WDH]

LL,

That sure was a fun post, glad you brought it back up. 

I went to Dahlonega today and passed by one little arm of the lake off GA 400 except there weren't no lake, just a dry steambed .  I thought about you when I saw the sign.

[Texas Ranger]

You are one up on me, Danny, don 't believe I have ever seen a basswood in Texas.

[Lanier_Lurker]

I went to Dahlonega today and passed by one little arm of the lake off GA 400 except there weren't no lake, just a dry steambed .  I thought about you when I saw the sign.

Yep, you passed about a mile away from me there at exit 15.  The creek you mention is between exits 15 and 16.

Dahlonega is a pretty town.  I have a coworker who lives on the north side of town there and drives all the way to downtown Atlanta to work every day - about 40 more minutes on top of what I have to drive.

Dahlonega is also right on the edge of the transition from the upper piedmont to the mountains - which makes for an interesting mix of flora.

[WDH]

You are one up on me, Danny, don 't believe I have ever seen a basswood in Texas.

Tex,

Yep, they are there in the Pineywoods.  This tree was in San Jacinto County.

LL,

I did not realize that I was so close to your place with all the cool trees.  I went to play Bluegrass music at the Mountain Festival this weekend for a friend who owns a wine tasting shop just south of town on Hwy 60.  It was a fun but grueling day.  Very pretty up there, but civilization is there in full force now.

[SwampDonkey]

Yeah I guessed basswood with the branching pattern and bark. But my yard trees are not splitting in the bark yet, they are still smooth and gray like beech.  Might be starting at the very base. The prominent bark breakage is from dang sap suckers.