Anyone recognize this tree bark?

[Ronald_55]

It is a stretch here and a bad pic, but does anyone recognize what type of tree this is?

Dad sent me a pic showing his new walking stick and said he had only seen a few of this type tree. 

 

[mhmd]

Sweet gum is my guess

[quedz]

Native to TN?

[Ronald_55]

14 minutes ago, hughd said:

Native to TN?

Came from family land east of Knoxville. While I can't say native for sure, the land has not had a lot of planting done on it, so I assume.

 

29 minutes ago, mhmd said:

Sweet gum is my guess

Does look a lot like sweet gum branches.  I assumed it was a sampling he cut and not a branch. I could be wrong though. Do Sweet gum saplings do that on the trunk?

[quedz]

Any chance he recalls anything about the shape of the leaves?

[peejman]

15 hours ago, mhmd said:

Sweet gum is my guess

Agreed. We have one in the front yard. 

[Ronald_55]

4 hours ago, hughd said:

Any chance he recalls anything about the shape of the leaves?

Nope or if any gum balls were around. Did say this was a sapling though. 

I am settling on sweet gum myself after looking around. 

[Lumber_Jack]

That my friends is a sweet gum.  Good call @mhmd

[JT59]

Winged elm

[quedz]

16 minutes ago, JT59 said:

Winged elm

[Lumber_Jack]

On 4/26/2020 at 12:20 PM, JT59 said:

Winged elm

I still think its sweet gum, but could be winged elm.  Sweet gum is far more prevalent so just playing the odds.   

[DaveTN]

Obviously quality pictures are as important in identifying trees as they are in identifying or selling guns.

 

[quedz]

 

1 hour ago, Lumber_Jack said:

Sweet gum is far more prevalent so just playing the odds.

On 4/24/2020 at 8:36 PM, Ronald_55 said:

Dad sent me a pic showing his new walking stick and said he had only seen a few of this type tree. 

 

 

 

[Lumber_Jack]

1 minute ago, hughd said:

 

 

 

 

I mean more prevalent across the region not necessarily on his property.  Sweet gum saplings don't always present with wings that big, winged elm typically has more of a two-sided wing versus all around, but what I've learned from 15 years as  professional forester that trees don't always look like they're supposed to and can vary from site to site.  Leaves would make it easy, until then we'll just have to go with a photo that was taken with what looks like a potato.  

[Ronald_55]

38 minutes ago, Lumber_Jack said:

 a photo that was taken with what looks like a potato.  

Yeah Dad's photo skills leave a lot to be desired. I get lots of videos of their mutt dog riding the skate board belonging to the kids across the street.

I am more interested in what this is than he is. So I doubt I will get any more pics or anything. Think he really just made it to cover up how bad his foot is doing. 

Edited April 27, 2020 by Ronald_55

[Lumber_Jack]

2 minutes ago, Ronald_55 said:

Yeah Dad'd photo skills leave a lot to be desired. I get lots of videos of their mutt dog riding the skate board belonging to the kids across the street.

I am more interested in what this is than he is. So I doubt I will get any more pics or anything. Think he really just made it to cover up how bad his foot is doing. 

haha, I understand how it goes.  Both sweet gum and winged elm grow in wet bottomland areas so could in all reality be either one.  

[Erik88]

Sorry to hijack, but does anyone know this tree. It has nice flowers on it. I've never seen one like it. Probably 30 feet tall.

 

 

[Garufa]

7 minutes ago, Erik88 said:

Sorry to hijack, but does anyone know this tree. It has nice flowers on it. I've never seen one like it. Probably 30 feet tall.

 

 

Little late in the season but does is smell like taint?

[MP5_Rizzo]

Northern Catalpa possibly?

[Erik88]

37 minutes ago, Garufa said:

Little late in the season but does is smell like taint?

Not that I can tell. If anything it smells good. 

[bud]

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Edited December 24, 2020 by bud
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[peejman]

My wife the naturalist also says catalpa tree. 

[Erik88]

It definitely appears to be that. Not sure which one. I've never heard of these.

[bud]

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Edited December 24, 2020 by bud

[owejia]

The catalpa worms make excellent catfish bait also. They can eat the leaves off the tree and make them almost bare. Always our ritual of gathering the catalpa worms for our catfishing trip to Danville fishing off the rocks on the railroad levy.