[jacamar]

Late fall Tamarack

[paulh]

[goatsNdonkey]

This morning's hickory leaves.



Tamron SP (54B) f/5.6 300mm, wide open.
K10D, iso 800 (with noise reduction on)

[Crooski]

Mighty branches

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[WPRESTO]

Mighty branches

There's a tree to stop a wandering painter in search of a subject.

[savoche]

One of my early shots with the Sigma 10-20. It hasn't seen much use after I got the DA15. A shame, really, as it is a fun lens to use!

[Kerrowdown]

More tree than plant I guess when it's this size.

[Hattifnatt]

Autumn trees.

[paulh]

[WPRESTO]

Two tree trunks

[KC0PET]

More tree trunk. The bark captured my attention.

[goatsNdonkey]

More tree trunk. The bark captured my attention.

The intermediate age trunks and boughs of the Hackberry tree look like that. If you scroll to the bank of thumbnail images at the bottom of the linked (below) page, and click on the one in the upper left, you'll see a very similar bark pattern. The "wartiness" often appearing in lines, changes to something more similar to other tree's bark when the trunks get more mature, as some of the other images show. The twig pictures show a few tiny 'warts" but not in anything so remarkable as the patterns in your picture. I once had to dig some fence post holes in an area near a large hackberry, and the dense network of roots it had in the upper foot of soil was something formidable to get through! I also found that the leaves made a great mulch to put over the garden during the winter, with much of them breaking down and adding to soil fertility before garden planting time. Birds love the hackberry berries, and are responsible for distributing seeds in wild forests and nearby areas.

https://www.extension.iastate.edu/forestry/iowa_trees/trees/hackberry.html

[KC0PET]

The intermediate age trunks and boughs of the Hackberry tree look like that. If you scroll to the bank of thumbnail images at the bottom of the linked (below) page, and click on the one in the upper left, you'll see a very similar bark pattern. The "wartiness" often appearing in lines, changes to something more similar to other tree's bark when the trunks get more mature, as some of the other images show. The twig pictures show a few tiny 'warts" but not in anything so remarkable as the patterns in your picture. I once had to dig some fence post holes in an area near a large hackberry, and the dense network of roots it had in the upper foot of soil was something formidable to get through! I also found that the leaves made a great mulch to put over the garden during the winter, with much of them breaking down and adding to soil fertility before garden planting time. Birds love the hackberry berries, and are responsible for distributing seeds in wild forests and nearby areas.

ISU Forestry Extension - Tree Identification: Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis)

Thank you for the info! I am not that great on tree ID outside the very basics but always interested in learning. I walk by those almost every day so I will look for the leaves and berries.

[goatsNdonkey]

Thank you for the info! I am not that great on tree ID outside the very basics but always interested in learning. I walk by those almost every day so I will look for the leaves and berries.

There are some common trees that are pretty easy to identify only by their bark. Learning a few of them can make one "sound like" an expert. I do feel more at home in the winter woods when I can recognize a few friends, though, without having to resort to a field guide. Now, you'll start noticing hackberries all over!

[timb64]

Drowned forest Cheow Lan Lake,Thailand