|
Post by Genesis 27:3 on Sept 15, 2016 14:04:32 GMT -5
Well, well, well.....I was wrong-we all were wrong!!!! I just went over and checked out this tree (thanks for the excellent location description Genesis!)-it's actually a hophornbeam! Or more correctly- ostrya virginiana!! plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=OSVII was pretty sure that's what it was after taking a quick look and a call to my old co-worker and THE campus arborist confirmed it. People that regularly work with plants will most commonly refer to the scientific name when describing a plant simply because different areas/regions may have several different common names for one plant-which is why I always give the scientific name when describing a tree. Got any more questions about trees on the PU campus certainly don't be afraid to ask!!! Even though I've been away from the arborist side of the job for several years my mind can still occasionally pull out a fun fact or two for our trees on campus. Unfortunately the campus has really undergone a lot of construction in the last 25 years or so that has also taken out a lot of the trees that I dealt with while working on the grounds dept. However I can still proudly walk around campus and say "that's my tree"...why?....because I planted it!!!! Well you might be able to tell me this then, can I plant those in sandy soil?
|
|
|
Post by dadfsr on Sept 15, 2016 14:17:10 GMT -5
|
|
|
Post by throbak on Sept 15, 2016 14:39:32 GMT -5
I used to hammer the Pineys on Hop Hornbeams They like the seeds that was my first thought but i saw you found out the twigs in the background the give away
|
|
|
Post by nfalls116 on Sept 15, 2016 15:02:38 GMT -5
Hop hornbeam is what we call ironwood right?
|
|
|
Post by nfalls116 on Sept 15, 2016 15:04:27 GMT -5
Does this tree just seem larger in the pictures? I've never seen a big ironwood
At least I got to be the first wrong person:)
|
|
|
Post by firstwd on Sept 15, 2016 18:51:01 GMT -5
Does this tree just seem larger in the pictures? I've never seen a big ironwood At least I got to be the first wrong person:) Same here, but I openly admit that I am terrible with tree identification. Mainly, if it doesn't provide food or heat, I don't much care what it is. :-)
|
|
|
Post by dadfsr on Sept 15, 2016 20:39:36 GMT -5
Yes another common name for it would be ironwood....now you see why the scientific names are used when there needs to be no doubt about which tree is what This tree is somewhat bigger than one would typically find "in the woods" however this tree is also in a protected area with little other competition around (except for utilities ) so it's had a chance to put more growth on than a "woods" tree.
|
|
|
Post by bullseye69 on Sept 15, 2016 20:50:55 GMT -5
Hop hornbeam is what we call ironwood right? Acctually there are about 20 different trees that are refered to as "Iron wood" as a nickname.
|
|
|
Post by throbak on Sept 15, 2016 21:07:39 GMT -5
Ironwood has a smooth bark like beech the ones I think your talking about ,,Hop hornbeam a rougher bark an seeds that look like hops that you make beer out of ISee the smooth bark ironwood down south a lot the hop more up north central my observations anyway
|
|