Help with Tree Identification

[Marc Goldberg]

A friend gave me a few pieces of a tree that came down. She thought it was Basswood, but I am not certain. The leaves have that basic shape, but are smooth on the edge, no ridges or teeth. Pictures attached. Any ideas?

 

[Dean Center]

It does not look like basswood, or linden, to me. If memory serves, linden has an asymmetrical leaf, which are larger in size even for the so-called 'little leaf linden'. The leaves and bark look most like a poplar/cottonwood to me, but you all are so far away, there may be something you have that I don't know about.

 

[robo hippy]

My first thought was a poplar of some sort. I wouldn't know a Basswood tree if it fell on me...

robo hippy

 

[Bill Boehme]

There are lots of tree identification apps online. Here is one of them: https://www.arborday.org/trees/whattree/fullonline.cfm

I can't say what the tree might be, but it doesn't look like the cottonwood trees that grow around here.

 

[Wayne Thompson]

Looks like black gum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyssa_sylvatica). Very common in PA. I had one that came down last year in a wind storm. The wood was very heavy.

 

[Raul McCai]

My first thought was a poplar of some sort. I wouldn't know a Basswood tree if it fell on me...

robo hippy

Don't they smell like Fish? 😱

 

[John Torchick]

Bill, thanks for the link- saved it to Favorites for future reference.