Sourwood would be my first guess, too, but the flowers are so distinctive
and held so long that I can't imagine the poster would omit that detail.

pam - gardengal


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On 10 Sep 2004 05:52:14 -0700, wrote:

Is there a better group for this question?

I have been trying to ID a tree that I have in my yard. Please help if
you can.

* It is in the upper 3rd of Georgia east of Atlanta.
* 50 feet tall
* bark looks like Sweet Gum (but is not)
* leaves a
** untoothed simple (5 to 6 inches long)
** dark green in summer
** turn dark red in august (seems early)
** begin falling in late august (nearly bare by Nov)

* Does not drop limbs regularly
* seemingly uncommon as there are no others around

I have looked on lots of tree and leaf ID websites but have not found it
yet.

Any ideas?

Thanks, TD

This is just a wild guess, so don't get your hopes up :-), but your
description
might fit the Sourwood tree, Oxydendron arboreum. Google will turn up lots
of
hits, but here's one to start with:
http://www.cdr3.com/sourwood/

If my guess is wrong, it probably would help if you could describe the
tree's
flowers (and the bloom season) and fruit.