Leprous Garden
Yamadori
I'm going to agree that it's not American elm, but that's as helpful as I can be
Even if he did, a squirrel might not.You would remember if you planted a chestnut, right?
Hmmm...Yeah, I do have big thumbs.
I know its going to reduce some eventually but right now I am just thickening it up a bit.
Ahhh!Ulmus Americana is native almost exclusively East of the Mississippi. Might seed in introduced areas in more Western areas, but other species of trees are much more common and likely in Oregon.
It's not a native species west of the Mississippi. Check out a wildlife/forest service/university range map. The AE that are there were planted by man. This ain't one. Leaf and leaf stem are completely wrong. Bark is wrong. A Lot is wrong about it. My money is on an alder or cherry/prunus species.Ahhh!
I did NOT, however, consider the range ..
I still think Elm .. just not AE.
(Wait a minute.... American Elms are fairly common in Oregon..... I've seen em'!!... I bet a quick Internet search would prove me right.)
Even though THIS may not be ..
AE is all over Oregon!
When I've researched them before I learned that their native range stops, essentially, in the states just west of the Mississippi. There are forests of them in eastern Kansas, for instance, and occasional isolated stands all the way into eastern Colorado.It's not a native species west of the Mississippi. Check out a wildlife/forest service/university range map. The AE that are there were planted by man. This ain't one. Leaf and leaf stem are completely wrong. Bark is wrong. A Lot is wrong about it. My money is on an alder or cherry/prunus species.
Maybe so, but doesn't make this tree an American elm. Explain the leaf stem (AE don't have a leaf stem to speak of--as most elm species leaves have short ones) and lack of indentation on the leaf base.When I've researched them before I learned that their native range stops, essentially, in the states just west of the Mississippi. There are forests of them in eastern Kansas, for instance, and occasional isolated stands all the way into eastern Colorado.
And still, they've been introduced in all of the 48 contiguous states as well as areas of Canada, so naturalized populations abound in almost all settled areas with a decent winter. It's entirely too dry for them to be native in my area, yet there are hundreds all over town, almost as troublesome as the Siberians.
You may be right.Maybe so, but doesn't make this tree an American elm. Explain the leaf stem (AE don't have a leaf stem to speak of--as most elm species leaves have short ones) and lack of indentation on the leaf base.
Those look like mulberry volunteers.You may be right.
Just got to thinking, there are a couple AEs growing on my fence line, and seedlings all about the yard. I grabbed a couple of pics for comparison.
American and Siberian elm seedlings in an unused grow basket.
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The supposed parent tree of the American elm seedlings.
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Now, this is second flush foliage lower on the tree. I can't get any good pics of the original spring foliage. In my climate at least, I've noticed there can be some differences sometimes.
But I've never seen mulberries with these sorts of leaves. They always have those lobed leaves, or at least mostly.Those look like mulberry volunteers.
PictureThis app supports @markyscott 's guess - Prunus aviumI’m guessing sweet cherry.
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