#tree identification

[dumpsterphoenixcombusting]

Summer 2025 | Wild Juniper

(Juniperus Virginiana / Eastern Red Cedar)

[natureisthegreatestartist]

[ghcstcd]

To lift the spirit, here's a video I took today of one of my favorite trees. This one is on my parent's property. His low branches remind me of tusks.

My parent's dog and my car for size reference.

[thedemonsurfer]

tree identification?

so long story short I have some wood and not any certainty on what type of wood it is, even after spending about 4 hours teaming up with someone with a tree identification book, a PDF from a forestry commission, and like three websites

The closest ive figured is that it might be a species of elm? but im open to more input.

The characteristic that's not apparent from looking is that the wood is fairly easy to carve with a utility knife. I have some green soft maple, and it seemed to be about that easy to work with. Much easier to carve than both walnut and white oak.

It is NOT black cherry, there's an app that uses photos to try and identify the wood and it keeps saying black cherry, but it's wrong XD

Characteristics: deciduous hardwood, tall with straight trunk. leaves are simple and alternating, with an even number of leaves per twig. grows in the southeastern united states, roughly as far south as Atlanta, GA. no noticeable scent to wood.

[er-cryptid]

Sphenopsida

-- often called "horsetails"

-- tracheophytes

-- only 25 living species

-- true land plants

-- vascular

-- true roots, stems, and leaves

-- small leaves

-- scale-like pattern on leaves

-- grow in tropical and temperate climates

-- use alteration of generations

-- cell walls in leaves and stems contain silica

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Winter Trees and Shrubs: Box Elder

Box elder is a maple that doesn’t often get credit for being a maple. Moreso, it is a tree that is not thought highly of, and it may not even be welcome in certain discussions around maples. You could even say that box elder is a “rogue maple,” as Arthur Plotnick deems it in The Urban Tree Book. It should come as no surprise, but if people are going to talk about a plant this way, it’s only going…

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[gnosticgnocchi]

While on my bike ride I found a lot of this kind of tree in bloom. They smell delightful, but I only ever find them cultivated. Does anyone know what they are? Anyway I shot some pics I hope yall think are pretty.

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