Tag: Winter

I’ll return to ID this some other time.

Gingko biloba IDed from afar by the distinct shape and branch angling. The buds are also so big on this tree that you can see them from across the street.

Styphnolobium japonicum (up there on my list of favorite Latin names) IDed by hanging pods that last through winter. I always forget to look at the bark on pagoda trees, to the point that sometimes I can’t remember what it’s supposed to look like.

Ulmus americana IDed by expanding the pictures I took (below) enough that I could kind of see the shape of the buds. They look like American elm flower buds (the leaf buds are probably so small that the photo quality makes them imperceptible). The bark and shape of the tree also match the American elm ID. I was too lazy to bother crossing the street to get a better look, so I definitely want to revisit this one and make sure the buds really do match.

Pyrus calleryana IDed by buds and bark. Interesting string holding a branch upright!

Gleditsia triacanthos IDed by distinctive plated bark

Juniperus scopulorum IDed by prickly young foliage in concentric bundles and older, scaly leaves pressed up against the branches. I think it’s a rocky mountain juniper because of its shape, but the shrub is in a pot so it very well could have been sculpted to look that way. Once it fruits it’ll be easier to determine the correct species.

Tilia cordata IDed by the NYC tree map, buds, and bark.

Tilia americana (smaller, redder twig above) and Tilia cordata (larger, grayer twig below) IDed by buds only. I’m not confident that I’ve got the right species but I’m quite sure that the genus is correct. Neither twig looks quite like they’re supposed to, but I found these twigs already broken off. I attribute their unusual shape and slightly unusual coloration to the fact they have been disconnected from their corresponding tree. Note that the difference in size is not because of different species, but just because the americana twig happened to be from a sub-branch.

The americana ID is corroborated by the NYC tree map.

Quercus rubra IDed by wider shallow ridges with flat tops, as well as by the distinctly-oak-like three terminal buds.