Attention**people Who Can Identify Trees Well....

[davos]

Its for a class

What is this:

and also this:

[davos]

I was thinking the one on top was maybe a Spruce...but the Norway and White spruces are Christmas tree shaped so it through me off

The second one I was thinking a Dawn Redwood but I'm thinking I'm wrong

[Wither]

Where are the trees located?

[Who Dat Pat]

Just off the top of my head, the top one looks like a White Spruce. I remember in botany class they would alway do something to make you doubt the identification such as give us a large female cone and small male cone and people would identify them wrong just by looking at size, not detail. The tree above is either a fir or spruce and the needles are easiest way to tell difference. Don't get hung up on the christmas tree shape and look closer at the details. The needles on fir have like a flat shape and spruce have round triangular shape if I remember correctly. Looks at your notes to see if there are others ways to identify such as the number of clumps the bunches at end of branches grow in, etc.

[davos]

Just off the top of my head, the top one looks like a White Spruce. I remember in botany class they would alway do something to make you doubt the identification such as give us a large female cone and small male cone and people would identify them wrong just by looking at size, not detail. The tree above is either a fir or spruce and the needles are easiest way to tell difference. Don't get hung up on the christmas tree shape and look closer at the details. The needles on fir have like a flat shape and spruce have round triangular shape if I remember correctly. Looks at your notes to see if there are others ways to identify such as the number of clumps the bunches at end of branches grow in, etc.

Its definitely a spruce...it has the woody strips at the end of the needles after pulling them off. I think you're right b/c the Norway has those big ass cones

Underneath I honestly don't know because this semester was primarily coniferous

[NCstoner420]

Just when I thought my services would be needed.

[Who Dat Pat]

Looking at different trees I found this

I was trying to find a tree with that v shaped up growing branches

[Who Dat Pat]

That's about all I can help, the pics don't have enough resolution to zoom in on needles and end of branches to verify and I don't want to give you bad info for school. I think you got it pretty right, so good luck.

[davos]

Where are the trees located?

the one on top is at Beech Mtn. at the vacated Bred & Breakfast past Fred's and the one below is at App St. next to the arena

[Guest]

the one on top is at Beech Mtn. at the vacated Bred & Breakfast past Fred's and the one below is at App St. next to the arena

How about getting a book about trees and going up to tree? Look at the bark and the leaves...

[CatofWar]

Hey pat....

[davos]

How about getting a book about trees and going up to tree? Look at the bark and the leaves...

being in Blacksburg and not the one who took the pics...yep

I figured it out anyways :thumbsup:

[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

Sassafras and gumball

[TruCatzFan]

Hey pat....

I literally laughed out loud, I was all into the nerdy tree talk, and as I was scrolling down on my phone u totally caught me off guard! Priceless, and thanks for the laugh. 4 real