Found another tree species on my property #2 (SOLVED: blackgum)

[Dodgy Loner]

Just a plain old Nyssa sylvatica - the biflora variety doesn't find its way north of the coastal plain very often, and it has narrow, glossier, and thicker leaves than Lanier Lurker's specimen.

[LeeB]

Any pics of the trunk to help my education along. I'm pretty sure I have some of them here as well.

[Lanier_Lurker]

Any pics of the trunk to help my education along. I'm pretty sure I have some of them here as well.

This tree is only a little over 3 inches in diameter.  This bark probably does not look exactly like it would on a mature tree.


   

[LeeB]

Hmm. well maybe not. I'll try to get some pics of what I have. The leaves are about the same but not the bark.

[OneWithWood]

In my twisted minds eye the bark looks like black oak only different 

[WDH]

A large blackgum has bark that looks a lot like sweetgum, only a tad scalier to my eye.  It can also turn knobby when it gets big, especially on a dry site.

[Dodgy Loner]

I agree that it's similar to sweetgum, except it breaks up into blocks that are a little more squarish than the long, rectangular blocks of sweetgum bark.

[WDH]

Yes.  When it gets knobby, the knobs are almost perfect squares.

[SamB]

A large blackgum has bark that looks a lot like sweetgum, only a tad scalier to my eye.  It can also turn knobby when it gets big, especially on a dry site.

I agree that it's similar to sweetgum, except it breaks up into blocks that are a little more squarish than the long, rectangular blocks of sweetgum bark.

Look anything like this?

[WDH]

There is the knobbiness .

[Dodgy Loner]

That's the culprit

[SwampDonkey]

What a bunch of knobs.