"Steve" wrote in message
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Dan White wrote:
Hi. I'm trying to ID a couple of trees, but can't seem to locate the
right
place online for that. I do have a tree book, but would like some
better
opinions from anyone who cares to take a look. Also, if there is a good
place online for this kind of thing, I'd appreciate a referral.
The trees below are in northern NJ.
This is the first one. Is this a mulberry?
http://tinyurl.com/jnagr
Second tree - crabapple? Some of the pics are a little blurry. The
fruit
is not a cherry. It looks like a very small crabapple.
http://tinyurl.com/hpg6v
This is a tree that fell over. It is quite large, and I'm not sure how
large mulberry trees get. The other thing is that some of the trunk
branches are silvery, almost like a beech tree, of which there are many
in
the area.
http://tinyurl.com/ebeyn
The reason I have to be sure is that I want to prune some branches for
some
exotic pets, and mulberry and crabapple are OK for them. They chew on
the
bark of certain trees, but other trees such as oak and cherry can be
toxic
to them. They're here, fwiw: http://tinyurl.com/4cnhy
That about covers it. I'd really appreciate any opinions or advice.
Thanks,
dwhite
I don't see any mulberry trees there. The first one looks like a
cottonwood or something in that family. The 3rd one could be the same
thing from what I can see.
I think the first and third are the same type of tree. I was thinking they
might have been mulberry because of the sawtooth leaves and the bark. I
have a small stand of smaller mulberry trees and the leaves from one to the
next are different. The bark in these two unknown trees looked a lot like
the mulberry, but the one that had fallen over, in particular, was very big.
I don't know if mulberry gets that large. Are you saying that these
definitely are not mulberry trees?
The crabapple might be correct. The close up views of the leaves look
like apple leaves. If you go back and can find a fruit again, cut it in
half across the middle. If it has the 5 compartments with seeds, like a
big apple, you have a winner.
OK, that's a great idea. Thanks!
dwhite