Yet another tree ID request

[Underdog]

Smooth, thin bark which showed more color differentiation to the eye. Leaves on the ground were maple and elm but there were some large heart shaped or triangular leaves with I think serated edges. I brought one home but can't find it...
There are a few growing together near a pond in the reclaimed strip mine land.
The larger one is to show the bark better.
Thanks for your time!

 

[wsteinhoff]

Eastern Cottonwood perhaps.

 

[Cable]

Looks like a birch to me

 

[wsteinhoff]

A description of a large heart shape reminds me more of a young cottonwood than a birch.
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/cottonwood
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/birch

 

[Underdog]

That does look like the leaf I lost on the way home. I didn't consider that as I know them to have rough thick bark, now is read they have thin bark when young.
Thanks!


>>>The bark of Cottonwood is smooth to lightly fissured and silvery white when young, but quickly changes to a brownish gray with maturity, developing very deep fissures between the rounded to flattened vertical ridges
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/cottonwood

 

[Underdog]

I was looking for paperbark birch. @Cable
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/riverbirch
But the leaves I found didn't look like it. Bear in mind there were a lot of different leaves around the trees. I only didn't recognize the heart shaped ones as opposed to the maple and elm. shrug
Thanks

 

[TN_Jim]

Those lenticels are serious, almost to the point of looking like a Hackberry. Buckthorn will have them pronounced like that along with the smooth bark.
http://forestry.ohiodnr.gov/buckthorn

 

[TN_Jim]

Actually, with that discoloration I’m with @Cable, bet it’s a yellow birch.

 

[Potawatomi13]

Trunk too straight to make interesting tree if interested in this.

 

[Underdog]

I could have confused the leaves dead around I thought were elm with birch...
I did find the big ol leaf in the jeep which looks like Cottonwood. Just don't know which leaves came from which trees.
Thanks for playing guys Appreciate it.

 

[Cable]

Once it leafs out you'll have to give us an update to see who guessed right!