Help identifying…

[Gr8tfuldad]

I was hoping some could help me identify these two…Thank You!!!

First one…

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Second One

 

[0soyoung]

Virginia Tech Dendrology

 

[Shibui]

The first is a Euonymus species. The red seeds are a dead giveaway. There are a number of species through the northern hemisphere and some become weedy outside their home range. There are some native North American species too. Those seeds may be an indicator but you may have to wait for spring as most are differentiated by the flowers.

Second is a bit unclear as the leaves are damaged but I'm fairly certain it is a Liquidamber sp. - Sweet Gum. Again there are North American natives as well as some from Asia.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Thank you.

 

[Pitoon]

First one no clue.

Second one looks like Sweetgum based on the bark. You can confirm if you seed their seed pods below the tree. Sweetgum and Maple leaves look very similar.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

First one no clue.

Second one looks like Sweetgum based on the bark. You can confirm if you seed their seed pods below the tree. Sweetgum and Maple leaves look very similar.

The first one looked like a burning bush without the color. Lots of suckers coming off the base.

The second one was throwing me off because it looked like maple leaves, but the bark was like cork. The sweet gum trees were poker straight, hard to find any with movement.

 

[penumbra]

The first is a Euonymus species. The red seeds are a dead giveaway. There are a number of species through the northern hemisphere and some become weedy outside their home range. There are some native North American species too. Those seeds may be an indicator but you may have to wait for spring as most are differentiated by the flowers.

Second is a bit unclear as the leaves are damaged but I'm fairly certain it is a Liquidamber sp. - Sweet Gum. Again there are North American natives as well as some from Asia.

Nailed it!

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Indeed he did. How vigorously do the gum back bud? Especially with older bark? I could make upright, otherwise they need to be chopped back lower. Definitely am keeping an eye out for younger material.

 

[Shibui]

Sweet gum I am familiar with bud easily from anywhere on the trunk and from the roots. Keeping root suckers at bay is a bigger problem than getting back budding. Just chop it and see what happens.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Sweet gum I am familiar with bud easily from anywhere on the trunk and from the roots. Keeping root suckers at bay is a bigger problem than getting back budding. Just chop it and see what happens.

I chopped one to test it. Thank you.

 

[Gaitano]

I have both. Sweetgum from a volunteer and a Euonymus from the woods similar to your situation. They are both fun to play with. My Euonymus is one of my favorite trees right now.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

I have both. Sweetgum from a volunteer and a Euonymus from the woods similar to your situation. They are both fun to play with. My Euonymus is one of my favorite trees right now.

I couldn’t believe how many suckers were growing from the base of the trunk on some of the Euonymus. Do you experience that as well?

 

[Gaitano]

I have three little suckers growing from the roots right now, which I’m using to thicken the roots. Two in the front, one is low on the left and the right one is by the metal tag.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

Cool, quite and interesting tree. How does it handle being chopped?

 

[Gaitano]

This was spring of 2014, when I collected and trunk chopped it. I only get a single flush of growth each year.

 

[Gr8tfuldad]

This was spring of 2014, when I collected and trunk chopped it. I only get a single flush of growth each year.
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Awesome progress over the years.

 

[Gaitano]

Here’s a Sweetgum that started as a volunteer. It can’t be more than 7 years old and the bark is nice and craggy. I’m still trying to figure this one out as I’ve experienced random branch dieback. I have another one in the ground and the leaves turned deep red and purple this fall.