r/treeidentification Aug 24 '22

Mod Follow the necessary guidelines before submitting an ID Request.

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New visitors please follow the correct guidelines before submitting an ID Request:

(1.Please provide a Geographical Location in the title or comments

Different plants have different distributions, provide a location of where you found the tree in the title or comments.

(2. Additional photos of parts of the tree MUST be included.

Additional photos must be included, this can be individual leaves, branches/twigs, a close-up picture of the bark, pics of fruit/flowers and more. Details like these are important to ensure accuracy. The stickied post below is a great example.

If none of these are included, then your post may risk removal per mod discretion.


r/treeidentification 3h ago

Advice Can you tell me what type of tree this is?

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5 Upvotes

Also can you tell me if I can eat it?


r/treeidentification 3h ago

ID Request Seedling ID Request

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This guy popped up on the edge of my driveway about 2 months ago. I’m curious if it’s something worth trying to transplant.

We are in western Colorado. Plant is around 3 feet tall.


r/treeidentification 5h ago

ID Request Red, White or Hybrid Mulberry? (and advice for what to do with it based on the answer pls)

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Hi all! I've been on a mission to ID everything in my yard, my primary goal for my yard is native ecosystem support. Located in Southern Ontario, Canada.

Is this a red, white or hybrid Mulberry? I've read up a bit so I realize it's likely a hybrid, but just in case I want to ask the tree experts of reddit. Even the tiniest possibility of pulling an endangered species is horrifying to me.

And if it's a hybrid my follow up question is: should I remove it? Is that the best thing to do if I care about the whole native species thing?

Thanks!

[Pictures include top and underside of a large leaf, stem where I broke the leaf off, leaf growing pattern off branch, and base of the plant -- tried to included everything I think is needed for ID?]


r/treeidentification 7m ago

ID Request Tree on Red Mountain Hiking Trail-Birmingham, AL

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Hi all,
I’m having trouble identifying this tree I found while in Northern Alabama. Not pictured is the wood, which was thin, smooth and a light green color. There were only a small number of them in specific part of the trail which makes me think they weren’t native, as there were also patches of bamboo shoots and kudzu, among some other non-native plants. Thank you!


r/treeidentification 1h ago

ID Request What is this tree ? Any berries from it? [Northern California]

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Also it is known to produce any type of berry?


r/treeidentification 2h ago

ID Request What is this?

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r/treeidentification 3h ago

ID Request Seed Identification

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1 Upvotes

r/treeidentification 8h ago

ID Request Unidentifiable Ficus in the Philippines

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2 Upvotes

Some ficus tree that my dad has been growing in the backyard. Pretty sure it is some kind of strangler/banyan fig since it got a lot of aerial roots.


r/treeidentification 20h ago

ID Request What type of tree is this?

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Visited Owasso in MI recently, and found these amazing trees. We could not figure out what they were. Really cool bark, little leaves, and google/chat/plant id apps were no help. Any ideas?


r/treeidentification 23h ago

ID Request What type of oak?

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16 Upvotes

This is in south eastern MI


r/treeidentification 1d ago

Solved! Tree ID Requested

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10 Upvotes

Looking to get this ID’d to make sure its being taken care of properly.

The tree is located in the South East, USA. I have attached photos of the tree, bark, and leaves. If there are any questions just let me know, thanks.


r/treeidentification 22h ago

Solved! Located in Southern Minnesota

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7 Upvotes

I haven't been able to accurately nail down what type of tree this is. Google Lens always gives me mixed answers.


r/treeidentification 19h ago

ID Request Help with driftwood ID. Found in Galveston, TX.

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3 Upvotes

r/treeidentification 21h ago

ID Request A little help?

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I know this is a poor picture for ID but thats kinda the point of this post. Its located on my property in the thumb of Michigan. It is roughly elm shaped as far as the canopy goes but mature elms that large are rare due to DED. This tree is almost completely overtaken by wild grapevines. If you zoom in on the second image you can almost make out leaf shape and arrangement. Other trees of this size in the area are Sugar maples, cottonwoods, paper birches, black cherries, box elders, and aspens. Thank-you in advance. If it is a living mature elm, then its the largest ive seen still alive in the area and I will make an effort to mitigate the grape vines. Next time im at the property i will try and take a closer look but it’s thick in there.


r/treeidentification 1d ago

ID Request Northern Alberta. What tree is this

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Do you think this is a Buckthorne or a choke cherry tree? It is about 16 feet tall, but it is more bush like. I tasted berry with a tip of my tongue, and it was astringent. Didn’t taste good. lol


r/treeidentification 1d ago

Solved! Tree ID please

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4 Upvotes

Located in Billings, MT


r/treeidentification 1d ago

ID Request Willow ID?

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4 Upvotes

PlantNet can't decide if this is a sandbar willow (Salix exigua), hoary willow (Salix eleagnos), basket willow (Salix viminalis), or white willow (Salix alba), and it has attributed a 30-40% plurality to all of these species upon me submitting pictures of the basic anatomy. To be fair, I submitted pictures of different trees, but I'm quite sure they're all the same species; I even suspect they're genetically identical clones as they've spread quite aggressively.

Location is a mucky water's edge on a lake in southeast Michigan. There's 10-15 trees.

All the pictures are of the same tree except for the very last one showing the catkin flower before fruiting into the "cotton" seeds. (I get that this isn't ideal. Unfortunately, they've all already fruited on the tree I've decided to ask about.)

Also, apparently the fourth and fifth pictures are of "rosette galls," caused by gall midges depositing eggs in the terminal bud, so that's neat but also not a "natural" structure of the tree per se.


r/treeidentification 1d ago

Advice What is name of this tree central Florida

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r/treeidentification 1d ago

Solved! Three spruce trees in Norway

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I have been looking for a good identification key online but have not had any luck, so I'm asking here. All needles are hard. The needles of number 3 smell kind of like oranges when crushed. All growing in south Norway, they were planted here. Would love to get some suggestions


r/treeidentification 1d ago

Solved! Trying to identify this tree

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There are a lot of mature trees behind my fence. I don't know if this was purchased and planted or was dug up from the common area. I've only been in the house about 2 months but I don't see any indication that it has bloomed and there's no fruit set. Located in Hampton Roads, Va. Any guesses? TIA!


r/treeidentification 1d ago

ID Request Norway spruce

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3 Upvotes

Is this a Norway spruce? From southwest Germany.


r/treeidentification 1d ago

ID Request What kind of pine tree is that

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0 Upvotes

Can someone tell me what specific pine that is? Thanks


r/treeidentification 2d ago

Solved! What kind of tree is this?

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6 Upvotes

This tree is right along my neighbors fence. I have cut off a few limbs protruding into my yard. They have some light yellow flowers. Located a few miles south of San Francisco.


r/treeidentification 2d ago

ID Request Should we keep this volunteer?

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It’s pretty close to the sidewalk. No idea what it is. Front range in CO. Thanks!