Forest Bean
Sapling
I collected this tree in the Clarksburg and Fairmont area of West Virginia. Lots of hills and mountains.
I really have no clue what species it is. I have been searching all over the internet for something close to it. Lots of Beech grow where I dug it up, but I know it's not beech.
The new buds are bright pink as you can see and old buds are deep red. Along with newer growth being a reddish color. The bark is grey and on the newer branches there are short and long internodes depending on how much sunlight they got.
When I found it, almost the whole tree had slowly bent over from gravity due to a majority of the trunk being dead. Even though it was at an 85 degree angle, it hadn't snapped and it was still alive. So I decided to cut off the bent part and collect it to take home.
-Forest
I really have no clue what species it is. I have been searching all over the internet for something close to it. Lots of Beech grow where I dug it up, but I know it's not beech.
The new buds are bright pink as you can see and old buds are deep red. Along with newer growth being a reddish color. The bark is grey and on the newer branches there are short and long internodes depending on how much sunlight they got.
When I found it, almost the whole tree had slowly bent over from gravity due to a majority of the trunk being dead. Even though it was at an 85 degree angle, it hadn't snapped and it was still alive. So I decided to cut off the bent part and collect it to take home.
-Forest