Barry,
There are lots of silver maples in the wetland areas of southern New England that have bark very similar to that in your photo. Did you notice if the tree had opposite branching? Bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Caselli" <[email protected]> To: "ENTS" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2009 6:57:31 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [ENTS] request for tree ID help ENTS, I'm requesting some help identifying this tree that I found the other day. It was growing near the Landing Creek in Egg Harbor City (NJ). This creek flows generally northward into the Mullica River. This is one of those wetland areas that started out as a cedar swamp and grew back as a hardwood swamp after one or more cuts. My first thought was Shagbark Hickory, but that isn't supposed to exist here. Unfortunately I don't have any clues other than what you see in the picture. I didn't take notice of any leaves on the ground below it. I can't imagine what it could be. It must be some sort of non-native species. Any ideas? The shaggy bark has be stumped. Thanks, Barry --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org You are subscribed to the Google Groups "ENTSTrees" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
