Leaf Trivia.

Spotted this when we arrived at stepdaughters yesterday. Only have seen these a hand full of times in my life.
Never have scrounged any. No cheating app users! Not the best pics but one should give it away. Ill post a bark pic tomorrow night and the answer on Tuesday.

 

Hackberry.

 

The leaf looks like a few different things but the fruit narrows it down quite a bit. Another vote for hackberry.

 

I will wait for the bark pic to be 100% sure but my guess is hackberry

Hackberry bark looks like a pail of moving nite crawlers

 

Agree with everyone else. Hackberry

 

Hackberry vote as well. Quite a bit around here.

 

You won’t really like it buZZsaw BRAD.
Dries reasonably fast,
Mediocre BTU’s,
And in my experience, only C grade splits at best!

 

Going with HughsnetBerry on this one.

 

Never heard of that tree???

 

Bark pic will be posted tomorrow morning. Gotta stay tuned.

 

I'm going with the group consensus. The galls are telling.

 

Here's the bark pic. Zoomed pic as it was surrounded by a good tangle.
Hackberry it is. I vaguely recall dad cutting one when i was a kid and being fascinated by the warty bark on the one growing in the front yard. If i did cut it it would be for the novelty score.

 

Yep hackberry! I’d be curious to know if the ones from a more timbered environment grow any straighter. Around here there’s never more than about an 8 inch length of the tree that is remotely straight, be it branches or main trunk.
Hence the C grade splits, always have a curve to them and don’t stack neatly

but they can get pretty big around here

 

The only i recall is the tree in my sisters front yard that is rather straight. If i remember ill get pics next time im there. The tree in the picture is on the smaller side.

 

Ive got a hackberry on my property somewhere its really straight but only about 8" dbh.