Jeff, That is a basswood, Tilia americana.
Bruce On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Jeff LaCoy <[email protected]> wrote: > > I found these down near the Connecticut River in Northfield, MA and am > rather clueless as to what I'm looking at. The bark just says Ash to > me, but the branch structure of these trees clearly does not. > > Tree #1 > 7.5' CBH > 86.5' tall > > Buds are very bright red, twigs are lightish in color, alternate > pattern. Has "drupes" very light in color, with some remaining leaves > attached. Bark is narrowly fissured, and branches grow out and droop > from trunk. > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1bark.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1buds.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1fruit.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1fruit2.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree1structure.jpg > > Tree #2 > 4.5' CBH > 95.2' tall > > Buds are yellow, twigs are light with dark brown leaf scars. Bud/ > branch arrangement is alternate. Bark is again narrowly fissured. > > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2bark.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2buds.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2branch.jpg > http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v404/jlacoy82/Mysterytree2structure.jpg > > Any ideas? > > Jeff > > > -- Bruce P. Allen Springfield, NH Home 603 763-4672 Cell 603 545-7902 Work 603 646-4480 http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/lianas.htm http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289966,00.html --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
