Need Two Trees Identified

[dieselscout80]

Can anyone id these two tree. The 1st pic in one of the trees and the all the rest are the of one tree.

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[mjw357]

first one looks like box elder.

 

[KYErik]

I think that the first one looks like a red maple, the second looks like a type of hickory (maybe pignut?).

 

[smstonypoint]

first one looks like box elder.

I think that the first one looks like a red maple, the second looks like a type of hickory (maybe pignut?).

It's a maple IMO, but whether it's a box elder maple or a red maple is hard to tell from the photo.


The second tree looks like a hickory to me, too.

Steve

Edit -- The more I look at the first photo, the more I think it's a red maple.

 

[dieselscout80]

I thought the second one was a hickory and it is really hard too.

The first tree is a wild tree growing in a pasture. Are maples native to SC?

 

[smstonypoint]

The first tree is a wild tree growing in a pasture. Are maples native to SC?

It depends on the maple, but red and box elder maples are native.

What part of the state are you located in?

Steve

 

[stuckmotor]

The second one looks like some type of hickory to me too. There might be the remains of last years nuts around the stump if it is.

 

[Streetcar]

I vote red maple and a hickory
Box elder are the softest wood I have found in maple family, they also tend to have compound leaves

 

[dieselscout80]

It depends on the maple, but red and box elder maples are native.

What part of the state are you located in?

Steve

We are north of Columbia by about 35 miles.

 

[dieselscout80]

The second one looks like some type of hickory to me too. There might be the remains of last years nuts around the stump if it is.

That's the one weird thing we've have not seen any nuts under it and we have lived here for quite some time.

 

[RalphVa]

I volunteer at the extension office and have been a master gardener since 2004. If we cannot identify a tree or shrub or even a flower right away, we advise the person to observe the tree, shrub or flower over 12 months. What does it look like in all 4 seasons, e.g. flowers, catkins, fruit.

I once misidentified a Virginia persimmon (my own) as a yellow bark. They have almost identical bark and leaves. My persimmon, of course, had catkins in spring and fruit in late summer and fall.

Ralph

 

[Buxus]

I am virtually certain the first one is not a box elder, which is in the maple family. I have tons of them on my property. I think it is a red maple.

 

[dieselscout80]

I volunteer at the extension office and have been a master gardener since 2004. If we cannot identify a tree or shrub or even a flower right away, we advise the person to observe the tree, shrub or flower over 12 months. What does it look like in all 4 seasons, e.g. flowers, catkins, fruit.

I once misidentified a Virginia persimmon (my own) as a yellow bark. They have almost identical bark and leaves. My persimmon, of course, had catkins in spring and fruit in late summer and fall.

Ralph

Ralph, you are correct that long-term observation is best.

We have owned this place for more than five years and I have never seen nuts under the 2nd tree.

The first one we have several of that were growing wild when we bought the place. They have a different leaf than the red maple I purchased.

 

[mjw357]

I am virtually certain the first one is not a box elder, which is in the maple family. I have tons of them on my property. I think it is a red maple.

I think you are correct, the red petiole is something I missed on the first glance.