It is a member of the willow family.
Adirondack hardwood identification bark.
Cold or colder it s always outdoors but if student evaluations are on the level it s always fun.
A fast growing but short lived pioneer species bigtooth aspen attains heights of 60 to 80 feet.
Demonstrating how to tell one leaf bereft hardwood from another is one thing.
Mountain maple is a small understory tree that grows in northern hardwood and mixed conifer hardwood forests in the adirondack mountains and provides an important winter food source for white tailed deer mountain maple acer spicatum near lake placid 10 june 2019.
Bigtooth aspen populus grandidentata is a native deciduous tree which grows throughout northeastern north america including new york state and the adirondack mountains it is also known as largetooth aspen poplar or popple.
Ellen rathbone is by her own admission a certified nature nut she began contributing to the adirondack almanack while living in newcomb when she was an environmental educator for the adirondack park agency s visitor interpretive centers for nearly ten years.
Fine blunt teeth leaves 2 to 6 inches long bark dark black cherry prunus serotina 16.
The distinctive peeling bark of birch trees is the main clue to distinguish them from other deciduous trees in the adirondacks.
Trees of the adirondacks.
Sure white bark means birch but some birches have black yellow or reddish bark.
Leaf at least 3 times as long as wide willow species common species include weeping willow and black willow 15.
Every winter i teach several tree identification classes to biology students.
In some cases however bark is the main identification key.
Bark is not the best feature for identifying trees.
Leaf veins thick and run from center to edge of leaf without branching 17 16.
American beech and sugar maple are the most tolerant hardwood species in our area.
Ellen rathbone adirondack tree.
