Identify this tree
 

This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of his
home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens in the
yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It is
growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for winter
temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The thee is
about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is growing below a
canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg

"scott(remove_to_reply)" wrote
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This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of his
home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens in the
yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It is
growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for winter
temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The thee is
about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is growing below a
canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg


Definitely don't want to 'rake up the leaves' from that tree!

scott(remove_to_reply) wrote:

This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of his
home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens in the
yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It is
growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for winter
temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The thee is
about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is growing below a
canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg

Catalpa?

Lots of BIG leaves... show us the bark....



"scott(remove_to_reply)" wrote
in message ...
This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of his
home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens in the
yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It is
growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for winter
temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The thee is
about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is growing below a
canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg

scott(remove_to_reply) wrote:
This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of his
home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens in the
yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It is
growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for winter
temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The thee is
about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is growing below a
canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg

Dunno, but it seems to excite you greatly.

Definitely NOT a catalpa tree. The leaves are too large and the wrong shape.
I think its some hardy tropical species.

Ben

Stubby wrote:
scott(remove_to_reply) wrote:

This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of
his home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens
in the yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It
is growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for
winter temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The
thee is about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is
growing below a canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg


Catalpa?

It's an Umbrella Magnolia. For sure.


On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:31:36 -0500, Ph47f3
wrote:

Definitely NOT a catalpa tree. The leaves are too large and the wrong shape.
I think its some hardy tropical species.

Ben

Stubby wrote:
scott(remove_to_reply) wrote:

This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of
his home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens
in the yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It
is growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for
winter temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The
thee is about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is
growing below a canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg


Catalpa?

Joe,

You are absolutely right. I have looked at some pictures on the net and
they all look exactly like the tree.

Thanks!



wrote:
It's an Umbrella Magnolia. For sure.


On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 07:31:36 -0500, Ph47f3
wrote:


Definitely NOT a catalpa tree. The leaves are too large and the wrong shape.
I think its some hardy tropical species.

Ben

Stubby wrote:

scott(remove_to_reply) wrote:


This tree is growing in the yard of a friend. The original owner of
his home was an exotic tree collector. He has many unusual specimens
in the yard. No one seems to know what type of tree this one is. It
is growing in south western New Jersey where it is not unusual for
winter temperatures to drop below 0 on really cold winter nights. The
thee is about 20 feet tall and is probably 25 years old. It is
growing below a canopy of very tall oak trees.

http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/1.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/2.jpg
http://www.deluciafamily.org/tree/3.jpg


Catalpa?