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Posted: 9/13/2010 11:48:19 AM EDT

ETA: Sorry, my camera sucks...

And upon closer inspection of the surrounding area...

ETA: I think the consensus is Northern Catalpa. USMC6177 wins!

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:50:12 AM EDT

[#1]

Tree of Woe.

It's sad because it's brother is Faggot Tree.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:50:42 AM EDT

[#2]

the larch?

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:51:23 AM EDT

[#3]

Mulberry?

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:52:03 AM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
the larch?

LOL.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:52:53 AM EDT

[#5]

That's the mystery tree on the grassy knoll by Dealey Plaza in Dallas.

The image is famous. I see you blacked out the part containing the other gunman.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:54:00 AM EDT

[#6]

Quoted:
Mulberry?

It doesn't produce any noticeable fruit, from what I'm told.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:55:19 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:

Quoted:
the larch?

LOL.

Definitely not a conifer.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:56:15 AM EDT

[#8]

That is clearly a shrubbery.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:56:39 AM EDT

[#9]

The wood kind.

Posted: 9/13/2010 11:57:12 AM EDT

[#10]

Looks like a possumwood. Old sucker too

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Posted: 9/13/2010 11:57:38 AM EDT

[#11]

Quoted:
That is clearly a shrubbery.

It should be cut down.

With a herring.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:02:42 PM EDT

[#12]

The bark is that of an Elm, however I can't tell which kind due to the poor quality of the pictures (especially the leaves)

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:04:46 PM EDT

[#13]

I wish I had the motovation pic of the two inbreds cause I know whats coming!

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:04:50 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5179/treep.jpg

Tag because I have the same tree in my back yard. It has long seed pods that look like bean pods and blooms with a white flower in the early summer. I knew what it was once but I brain fart now

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:06:53 PM EDT

[#15]

Quoted:

the larch?

Monty Python, FTW!

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:08:14 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Mulberry?

It doesn't produce any noticeable fruit, from what I'm told.

Then it would be a fruitless mulberry.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:08:16 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
The bark is that of an Elm, however I can't tell which kind due to the poor quality of the pictures (especially the leaves)

I'll get better pics later today. The leaves have no serrations.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:08:47 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:

Quoted:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5179/treep.jpg

Tag because I have the same tree in my back yard. It has long seed pods that look like bean pods and blooms with a white flower in the early summer. I knew what it was once but I brain fart now

No bean pods from this one.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:09:11 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
The bark is that of an Elm, however I can't tell which kind due to the poor quality of the pictures (especially the leaves)

I'll get better pics later today. The leaves have no serrations.

Previous poster threw me for a loop. Seed pods?

Hang on, I'll figure it out. I competed in Forestry for 5 years.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:12:46 PM EDT

[#20]

Northern Catalpa

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:14:16 PM EDT

[#21]

Quoted:

Quoted:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5179/treep.jpg

Tag because I have the same tree in my back yard. It has long seed pods that look like bean pods and blooms with a white flower in the early summer. I knew what it was once but I brain fart now

No bean pods from this one.

This a recent find or have you watched this for a while? Does it have a white blossum? Bark is really coarse? Wide heart shaped leaves? The pods would have dropped by now

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:15:39 PM EDT

[#22]

Quoted:
Northern Catalpa

Bark's wrong. Can't tell about the leaves.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:17:11 PM EDT

[#23]

a poplar species maybe?

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:17:58 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:

Quoted:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5179/treep.jpg

Tag because I have the same tree in my back yard. It has long seed pods that look like bean pods and blooms with a white flower in the early summer. I knew what it was once but I brain fart now

No bean pods from this one.

This a recent find or have you watched this for a while? Does it have a white blossum? Bark is really coarse? Wide heart shaped leaves? The pods would have dropped by now

Well, I've just seen this particular tree for a couple weeks. I'm told it does have small white blossoms in the spring, but also was told it doesn't drop any fruit or pods (I specifically asked), and I couldn't find any stray pods hiding along the fence or in the bushes. Other than that, sounds about right.

ETA: Except the leaves aren't really heart-shaped, but they are fairly big, about 5" across, and 8-9" long.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:24:22 PM EDT

[#25]

Basswood.

aka American Balsa

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:26:12 PM EDT

[#26]

VTHOKIESHOOTER could help out if he wasn't still on suicide watch

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:26:16 PM EDT

[#27]

Before other pics, I'm going to guess it's a Dogwood.

Leaves are a bit narrow though, but the flowers = fruit at some point almost always...so it'd have berries.

I'm miffed OP. Standing by for more pics.

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:26:37 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Quoted:
Northern Catalpa

Bark's wrong. Can't tell about the leaves.

You are right I focused on the leaves and the branch structure. The trunk bark is not coarse enough to be Catalpa.

I withdraw my comment

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:27:28 PM EDT

[#29]

triffid

Posted: 9/13/2010 12:32:11 PM EDT

[#30]

desidious.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:08:52 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:
triffid

No bright light in the sky last night.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:14:52 PM EDT

[#32]

i was going to guess basswood. need closeup of a branch and leaves. shit i havent done tree id in 20 years.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:15:25 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
Basswood.

aka American Balsa

I agree.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:18:48 PM EDT

[#34]

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:21:05 PM EDT

[#35]

The limping root tree of Nigeria?

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:27:35 PM EDT

[#36]

Southern Flaming Fago

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:31:03 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Quoted:
the larch?

LOL.

Definitely not a conifer.

Maybe a dikifer?

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:36:13 PM EDT

[#38]

Update with more sub-par pics in OP.

ETA: I think I'm leaning toward Northern Catalpa, but I'm not sure if the bark is rough enough. It is rather coarse, though. What say the hive?

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:45:50 PM EDT

[#39]

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:53:47 PM EDT

[#40]

I'll go with Basswood also.

I had one on campus that was half dead from putting a parking lot next to it. Then destroyed half its roots. I had to water the fuck out of it. Those leaves are huge.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:58:58 PM EDT

[#41]

Quoted:
I'll go with Basswood also.

I had one on campus that was half dead from putting a parking lot next to it. Then destroyed half its roots. I had to water the fuck out of it. Those leaves are huge.

Don't think it's basswood, as the leaves are not serrated. Different venous pattern, too.

Posted: 9/13/2010 2:59:46 PM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
VTHOKIESHOOTER could help out if he wasn't still on suicide watch

Go Dukes!

In before dikfer/henway?

Posted: 9/13/2010 3:00:33 PM EDT

[#43]

Cottonwood.

Posted: 9/13/2010 3:04:25 PM EDT

[#44]

catalpa.got one just like it

Posted: 9/13/2010 3:07:03 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:

Quoted:
http://img688.imageshack.us/img688/5179/treep.jpg

Tag because I have the same tree in my back yard. It has long seed pods that look like bean pods and blooms with a white flower in the early summer. I knew what it was once but I brain fart now

Catalpa?

Posted: 9/13/2010 3:21:23 PM EDT

[#46]

I planted one in my front yard 2 years ago...Northern Catalpa - Bignoniaceae - Catalpa Speciosa

People call the seed pods *indian cigars*.

Cue racist .gif...

When they lose their leaves, they look like the stereotypical *haunted house* tree.