I'll post a picture of something, and you guess what it is. This is like "animal, mineral or vegetable", except they're all going to be plants. More specifically, they're all going to be plants I cannot identify and have no idea how to go about identifying. So, you get to play AND do something altruistic for a friend. (Please come back.)
Let's start with the tool grabbing tree. The full shot is in the previous post. And here, we have a closer shot of the bark (bonus points if anyone can identify the tree in the background, too - no idea what that is)...
Here's a shot of a branch with buds (and the other tree limb mugging in the background - we've got a wild bunch of party foliage, here!):
And, to show off my inept photography skills, a blurry picture of a bud:
Fun, huh? (And yes, I really do love my youngest son. He was in no danger of being konked on the head by the trimmer. It was thoroughly lodged in there when this picture was taken.)
Kiss those babies!
~Dy
12 comments:
Does it bear fruit? It kinda looks like an apple. This is really tough, you realize.
Other than that, I have absolutely no idea!
LB
It would be easier to identify if you had a leaf! I have NO idea. Sorry!
ROFL. Well, I don't feel like quiet the loser for not being able to figure out what it is.
LB, I dont't think it bears fruit. Zorak swears it's a fig. I think he's making it up just to make me look silly. If he's right, he'll be a happy man. ;-)
Laura, yeah, it seems a leaf is integral to the whole "plant identification process". However, by the time we have leaves, we have billions of leaves. And ticks. And I don't tend to go out there... until the leaves fall. This, it would seem, is hindering my ability to figure these things out.
Huh.
Dy
You're tellin' me you stay inside while there are leaves on the trees? Are you insane? Don't let those little ol' ticks scare you that much. We've picked off plenty here.
Leaves are extremely helpful in identifying trees, but some folks are so good they can identify them by the bark or the grain of the wood. Danny can do that sometimes, so I'll force him to look at your pictures when he gets home.
Hey! Wait a sec! There are leaves all over the ground under that tree! Look at the leaves. Find out which kind there are most of under the tree and post a picture. Do it! Do it now! I'm pretty good at identifying based on leaves. (I also get excited about plant identification. That's me being excited, not bossy:o)
I hear you on the ticks! And I used to be a person who avoided chemical pesticides - until one child had to have a full round of antibiotics because the deer tick that attached itself to her was carrying Lyme disease. Now I love Sevin dust. In fact, I'll be applying it to our yards soon. Another way to control (read: kill!) ticks is to have a flock of hens or guinea fowl. They'll eat 'em up!
Well, I am cheating and e-mailed Kristen with the pictures. Her husband is a tree trimmer and has been for close to 20 years I believe. At least 15 anyway. He's good at identifying trees/plants. I'll let you know!
Aren't figs kind of bushy? My neighbor had one up north, and I planted one here, and they both have grown in a big-bush type fashion. Not tree like at all.
Unfortunately I don't like coffee, and I'm still clueless even after looking at your clues. :)
Danny says he can't tell for sure by the bark--maybe some kind of maple? The first thing he said though was, "What do the leaves on the ground look like?" Please, please give us a picture of the leaves. This is going to bug me until someone figures it out!
Can't tell for sure without a leaf (buds are useless even when they ain't all blurry, Dy). :)
From the bark, however, it looks like some variant of hickory.
Go to mushroomexpert.com and look at their section on identifying North American trees. As to why mushroom hunters need to know trees? Well, mushrooms are often linked to specific tree types.
It doesn't look like a fig to me, and I have one in my yard. Tell Zorak I will share figs with him if he ever brings you up here to visit me.
LB
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