any idea what this is?

[dkellogg3]

Hey all,

Taking a bunch of trees down, and a few of them have leaves as shown in the attached picture. any idea what they are?

Thx!

 

[jbellard]

My guess is hickory.

 

[gmc2003]

Possibly poison Sumac.

Chris

 

[SparkyLB]

Spray paint 'em red and they're poison ivy. :)

Sorry, no, sir--I don't.

 

[Braz]

My wife, the botanist, guesses hickory.

 

[tropics]

https://www.google.com/search?q=gam...AhXkYt8KHW4BCQMQ9QEIRjAJ#imgrc=Kk0xbKTEHnGglM:

 

[buzzy]

I’d say hickory but a pic of the bark would be helpful to be sure

 

[SparkyLB]

I'm no botanist either, but looking at a simple google search, I'm convinced. That's hickory. 3-2-2, 3-2-2 and repeat.

https://www.google.com/search?hl=en...0k1j0i24k1.0.NtLG7e0h-HE#imgrc=2uwgU5NpT0snnM:

 

[SmokinLogs]

I’m not the most experienced with tree ID but looks a lot like hickory leaves. The bark would tell us a lot more too.

 

[dkellogg3]

Thanks everyone. pictures of bark:

 

[archeryrob]

Looks like Hickory to me also. Any green nuts on it right now or some times they fall off early with large crop?

 

[weedeater]

Hickory would be my guess also.
Should be good smoking wood.

Weedeater

 

[dkellogg3]

Yes, about ping pong ball sized green nuts.

That one still standing is about 40' tall. yay free wood!

 

[dave schiller]

It is HICKORY. Could be any of several species, if that makes any difference. If you could tell us where you live, we may be able to narrow the choice of identification.

 

[phatbac]

Yea that looks like hickory to me too. I had an agriculture teacher tell me once that if you think a tree is Hickory try to push your thumbnail into the bark. If it don't go and its hard a heck than that's probably hickory. let is dry for 6 months and you will have great smoking wood!

Happy Smoking,
phatbac (Aaron)

 

[dkellogg3]

It is HICKORY. Could be any of several species, if that makes any difference. If you could tell us where you live, we may be able to narrow the choice of identification.

I'm just north of Danbury, CT. curious which species, and whether it matters much w/r/t flavor profile.

Thanks everyone!

Don

 

[dave schiller]

I"m 90% sure it's Carya glabra, or pignut hickory. It's among the most common trees of CT. I doubt if there is any detectable or measurable difference in flavor between the various species of hickory. They're all good for smoking meat. A bloodhound might be able to detect the difference, but not humans. :D

 

[dkellogg3]

Thank you Dave!