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Double R 2 wrote:

timberjack wrote:I haven't commented 'cause without pics its gonna be almost impossible to ID the tree, could be anything, get us some pics......

gotta be a blue gum or a swamp poplar

did not know blue gums had leaves Ya learn something everyday

Like DR2 said, may be a swamp poplar. I wouldn't think it's a cypress because they don't break easily and you should find knees around it. The fruit, leaves, and bark should give a cypress away. River birch aren't necessarily "weak wooded", but they have weak branching due to their acute angle branching. This makes them break easily in high winds. They are very prone to disease too which makes them weaker if or when infected. Pictures would help.

I thought blue gums only grew in Lower Alabama?

ransco33 wrote:I thought blue gums only grew in Lower Alabama?

Heck naw...got several hundred truck fulls worth around here!

ransco33 wrote:I thought blue gums only grew in Lower Alabama?

you ever been to the delta?

How about hackberry as long as we Are guessing about trees that break easy in wind.

Yes, born and raised in the delta. We just called em good ole naggers though.

What the hell, I'll take a stab at it. Locust

Ok thinking about it, when you say it looks like a willow, do you mean a weeping willow? If so it could be a Black Willow which is found in low swampy areas. Just a thought.

yeah i realize I need some pics. As prevalent as they are I figured someone on here would automatically know by the description. It aint a tupelo, cypress, willow for sure since i know what they look like. i can't find a pic and can't find a pic on the net either.

I'll keep looking for pics and see what i can come up with.

place i used to be in was crp that stayed flooded through may and we had a LOT of poplar growing in it that sounds like what you describe with the sloughing bark and easily topped in high winds

Is this it?????

Betula nigra

yeah, im thinking they must be swamp poplars.

going to do some searching and see what kind of picks i can find.

4dawgma wrote:Betula nigra

Nope, not a birch.