The Identification Thread....perhaps?

[Woocash]

Anyone?

Leaves are alternate. There are a bunch growing in my yard.

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I was originally thinking young betula, but I'm not seeing serrated edges - maybe the leaves aren't developed enough yet?

Wish I could help. Looks kinda like betula, prunus, several things but I’m not in the right region to say.

Also, BUMP!

Hi guys. I picked this thing up yesterday, dirt cheap, no label but with an interesting trunk and leaves unlike anything else I have. It was next to some cornus and stewartia, but thats as far as an ID goes. Does anyone happen to have any ideas for what it could be? View attachment 370861
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[stu929]

Okay, I’ve got one. Any idea? View attachment 372152View attachment 372153View attachment 372154View attachment 372155

Whatever it is there are a ton on my uncles property. Black cherry or pin cherry or something like that.

 

[Balbs]

I spent some time looking through an identification guide I have and I think it’s a black cherry.

 

[cdefoe]

here's what i think is a prunus (?) with a bunch of suckers growing from its base that i'd like to collect next year.

can anyone confirm that this is indeed a prunus?

if i wanted to chop it back this year and make it easier to collect next year, should i wait until the first flush has hardened? or am i better off waiting until next spring before bud break to chop? i didn't see any dormant buds along the older parts of the trunk but it's entirely possible i'm a big dumb idiot who doesn't know what to look for

 

[Shibui]

Those leaves look like prunus but many other species have similar leaves. Not sure about the bark though. Not quite like the bark on any of the prunus species I know down here. Some of your locals might have a better idea of local species that I'm not familiar with. Flowers will be the next feature to check.
By the time a trunk gets this age the bark is thick and disguises any old nodes or buds but they are still there. Provided it is a species that buds on old wood it should still sprout after trunk chop. As you have no other options I would chop and cross fingers. Trunk chop now or after the initial leaves harden should give good results.

 

[Balbs]

Ash?

 

[Shibui]

Ash?

Leaves and buds look like some sort of ash to me but there are quite a few species.

 

[sorce]

This thing is growing on the north side of my garage. Pretty shady.

Go.


Sorce

 

[Forsoothe!]

It's a chicken, you idiot.

 

[TN_Jim]

here's what i think is a prunus (?) with a bunch of suckers growing from its base that i'd like to collect next year.

can anyone confirm that this is indeed a prunus?

if i wanted to chop it back this year and make it easier to collect next year, should i wait until the first flush has hardened? or am i better off waiting until next spring before bud break to chop? i didn't see any dormant buds along the older parts of the trunk but it's entirely possible i'm a big dumb idiot who doesn't know what to look forView attachment 373409View attachment 373410View attachment 373411View attachment 373426View attachment 373427

Cherry all tend to have a pair of glands at the leaf base or on petiole. They can be different sizes colors and configuration varying from species to species. They are not often conspicuous, sometimes you have to look at several leaves. Here’s and example..

 

[Shibui]

This thing is growing on the north side of my garage. Pretty shady.

Definitely chicken. Surprised that it is not in the neighbor's yard.

The plant the chicken is using as camouflage looks like something from rosacea family - apple, pear, hawthorn???? bit that's only a wild guess as not much to go on at this stage.

 

[Forsoothe!]

I agree the leaf clusters look decidedly Malus. It wouldn't surprise me to have @sorce feeding his chickens table scraps. Probably red meat, too. City chickens can defend themselves...

 

[sorce]

leaf clusters look decidedly

That's what I gather. It's the only thing really tellable.

Sorce

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

I was going to start a thread like this, but it makes more sense to revive this one. Except, I have a seed, a tree-in-waiting. I don't have a clue where it came from, I just found it on top of my tool cabinet a few days ago. Google has suggested Celtis, Juglans, Quercus, and Olea, among a few others that were also way off. It's a shot in the dark, but maybe someone recognizes this seed?
Sorry for the poor lighting. It looked a lot better in my drowsy eyes when I was getting up for work at 0400.

 

[leatherback]

I was going to start a thread like this, but it makes more sense to revive this one. Except, I have a seed, a tree-in-waiting. I don't have a clue where it came from, I just found it on top of my tool cabinet a few days ago. Google has suggested Celtis, Juglans, Quercus, and Olea, among a few others that were also way off. It's a shot in the dark, but maybe someone recognizes this seed?
Sorry for the poor lighting. It looked a lot better in my drowsy eyes when I was getting up for work at 0400.

Looks a lot like a pistachio that has not opened.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

Looks a lot like a pistachio that has not opened.

It's a little smaller and more brown than a pistachio, but the shape is right. Are pistachio good candidates for bonsai? I know there are some growers in New Mexico.

 

[Kanorin]

It might not even germinate. I don't think anybody is going to be able to give you even a 60% confident answer.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

It might not even germinate. I don't think anybody is going to be able to give you even a 60% confident answer.

I'm not very confident that anyone will know for sure. Just thought it might be fun to try. I think I'll go ahead and try cold stratification and plant in early May. Could be fun.

 

[Desert O'Piñon]

About 3/8" x 1/4" x 1/8".
Hopefully these pics come out better.