Help identifying trees

[gators120779]

Going to cut these trees down and need help identifying them. Wanted to know if they could be used when cooking.

[pigdog]

Do you have an iPad? There is an app called leaf snap. You take a pic and run it through the app and it identifies the tree through the leaf and tells all about the tree.

[snyper77]

Looks like Elm to me (the serrated edges of the leaf - see photos below)...........and from what I've read online....... "no" you don't want to cook with it. Firewood, yes. Cooking, no.
Also, if you are in need of wood, here's a few ideas that have worked very well for me:
Create a flyer with your phone number tear-offs at the bottom and post them at your local grocery store or any other public "corkboard". I posted one that said "Tree Down? Call me - I'll clean up as much as I can for free!" (then list the types of wood you are looking for)
I also keep a close eye on craigslist for "tree down, free firewood, etc."
One more place to check is your local circular paper and/or tradewinds type magazine.
Oh! I almost forgot! Call a few local tree trimming companies! Those guys will usually give you all the wood you want. ;)
http://static.howstuffworks.com/gif/willow/elm-info0.gif

[landarc]

My first thought is that is is an elm of some species. I am not totally sure, but, the leaf form and branching form look to be an elm.

[martyleach]

Send me a little piece of it and I will tell you for sure. 1/2 inch long from a branch 2 inches in diameter. PM me if you are serious... no charge.

But I agree, it looks like an elm...

[ibait2fish]

Hard to tell from the photos, but, with the smooth bark, maybe some type of poplar?
Plus, the braches apprear to reach up, rather than cascade out as a traditional shade
tree.

[WvSmoke]

Without a good shot of the leaves, bark or fruit, it's hard to tell. The shape looks like elm, but elms are not the only trees with serrated leaves (think hickory, beech, pecan, etc). What did the fruit look like? Also try to post a good shot of the bark.

[SmokinAussie]

Ohhhh, I know.

Tree's have leaves and woody stems or trunks... which are the bits that come out of the ground. Under that, they have more woody stuff that burrows into the ground and these are called ROOTS!

If you see anything quite like this, it's a TREE!:thumb:

Cheers!:crazy:

Bill

[TIMMAY]

Wow, I didn't know you got a promotion there Captain Obvious!!:becky:

[SmokinAussie]

Wow, I didn't know you got a promotion there Captain Obvious!!:becky:

:bow::bow::bow:

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

If you post a picture of the leaves on top of a white piece of paper, I can use LeafSnap on the picture.

I tried it with that picture, but it wanted a white background.

[Pappy]

I'll take TREES for $200, Alex. What is an Elm?

[Teleking]

+2 on leaf snap, works awesome.

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

Do you have an iPad? There is an app called leaf snap. You take a pic and run it through the app and it identifies the tree through the leaf and tells all about the tree.


I use it on my iPhone.

[SmokinAussie]

Is there a farkin' CHAINSAW App!

:tsk:

[Teleking]

Is there a farkin' CHAINSAW App!

:tsk:

Actually here is, I just looked it up. "real chain saw: real guns" app:twisted:

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

It also may be a slippery elm judging by the shape of te limbs. You are very close to the southern end of their range.

American elms have pretty well been wiped out by Dutch elm disease.

[Smiter Q]

Why cutting them down?!? Can you work around them? Folks want maturing trees usually.
More of a Woodpile question. Get it... "wood" .. haha


Yes, seems I am delirious today with a sinus headache.

[gators120779]

too much shade, i cant get grass to grow.i have plenty of trees(about 40), so 2 isnt going to matter that much.

[WvSmoke]

You could also cut it down and burn some. If it smells like cat piss, don't cook with it. If you have ever smelled a piss elm, you know what I mean.

[jestridge]

It an elm

[Pappy]

Around here we have "Dutch Elm Disease"
The Elm's get pretty ugly from it.

[caseydog]

The leaves look just like the leaves on my cedar elm tree. The shape of the trunk and branches look like my elm tree, too. I can't tell what the bark looks like from those pictures.

CD

[caseydog]

Around here we have "Dutch Elm Disease"
The Elm's get pretty ugly from it.

Newer varieties of elm tree are resistant to Dutch Elm Disease.

Down here, I am doing just the opposite. I am getting rid of grass and adding drought-tollerant native trees and shrubs.

CD

[gators120779]

more pics

[Smiter Q]

Newer varieties of elm tree are resistant to Dutch Elm Disease.

Down here, I am doing just the opposite. I am getting rid of grass and adding drought-tollerant native trees and shrubs.

CD

Aye... looking into this myself after the Armageddon Summer we had

[caseydog]

I'm sticking with some variety of Elm tree.

CD

[HeSmellsLikeSmoke]

Well, that bark stumps me. Is that from the trunk or is it a limb?

[canoe]

The leaves are little tricky but judging by that bark it looks alot like celtis laevigata or sugar berry or folks may call it hack berry


by the way unlike the yankee elms our southern elms are fine. its too hot for dutch elm disease down here.

[gators120779]

that is the trunk of the tree, about 12 inches in diameter

[caseydog]

I thought about Hackberry, but they are usually short and fat. His trees are pretty upright. I'm still sticking with an Elm.

We ought to get some kind of a betting pool going. :becky:

CD

[canoe]

also celtis is in the elm family so all of you all who guessed some type of elm are correct.

hackberry as a common name regionally has been applied to both celtis laevigata and celtis tenuifolia (which is the short scraggly looking tree)

i always think of sugarberry when i refer to celtis laevigata