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Offline Predictable

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what type of tree is this?
« on: July 12, 2015, 04:46:39 pm »
we plan to have it removed next month, just wondering what it is.

(i live in southern ontario)



Offline wapiti1997

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #1 on: July 12, 2015, 06:00:50 pm »
looks like an ash to me, probably black ash in Canada...

Offline PatM

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #2 on: July 12, 2015, 06:06:45 pm »
Why do you say Black Ash for Canada? Green and White are far more common unless you are in a swamp somewhere. All are being decimated by Emerald Ash borers.
 It doesn't look like Ash to me.

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2015, 07:43:08 pm »
Why do you say Black Ash for Canada? Green and White are far more common unless you are in a swamp somewhere. All are being decimated by Emerald Ash borers.
 It doesn't look like Ash to me.

so any ideas as to what it might be?

Offline DavidV

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2015, 08:22:06 pm »
Well it's definitely some sort of ash. There's dozens of species but black or green are likely.

https://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/Fraxinus_comparison01.htm
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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2015, 08:42:23 pm »
That url reference rules out black or green ash, since the leaves clearly have long stalks.

The bark doesn't look much like the white ash we have here, which tends to have a small tight diamond pattern with light tan colored ridges.

Could be a young tree before that pattern develops, or maybe it's the angle of the photo, but It's not saying "white ash" to me, from those photos.

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2015, 09:24:32 pm »
Petiole length can vary within a species.  I have green, blue and white that I see every day here, it doesn't look right for white or green to me, definitely not blue.  Black ash is a more northern species whereas Ontario is on the northern extreme for either white or green.

Planted trees can exhibit some weird bark growth when placed outside their comfort zone, so look at the branching, is it opposite or alternate?  If it's alternate you may have a hickory which some of the smoothbark hickories do have a diamond like pattern.

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2015, 09:26:25 pm »
If it's a white ash it should be in full seed right now. I have one in the back yard that looks just like that one. If it has seeds post a pic and it will help to confirm the ID.
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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2015, 09:28:22 pm »
I was thinking Manitoba Maple
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« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2015, 09:33:02 pm »
Also the underside of the white ash leaf is how it got it's name. It should be significantly lighter in color.
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Offline PatM

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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2015, 10:13:53 pm »
Green Ash has a lancelote  leaf variation that looks similar but the bark doesn't look right.
 Ash grows considerably North in Ontario.

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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2015, 10:42:05 pm »
It could be a hybrid or foreign ash if it was a nursery tree. If it has both male and female flowers chances are it came from a nursery.
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Re: what type of tree is this?
« Reply #12 on: July 13, 2015, 01:35:56 am »
Green, orange, red, yellow, purple, black, grey, rainbow, tie dye blah blah, it's ash so cut it down and make some bows out of it.
I like osage