Hiked with a friend on his woodlot today. We looked at a tree that he wasn't sure of the species. He did the phone app ID and it said Shagbark Hickory the 1st time, and SH or maple or elm the second. He said he had a lot species survey a few years back and hickory didn't show on the survey. We are at the north end of the Carolinian forest, about two hours drive south of the boreal forest. Hickory is possible up here, but definitely not common. All the leaves have dropped and what's on the ground is from a mix of trees. Here are two pics:
I'm going with red maple. I've seen plenty of shaggy ones in my travels. If you look carefully, you can see some of the bark strips curling away at the bottom, but then also the top. Shagbark hickory as far as I know only curls away at the bottom of a strip. FWIW I see tons of red maple leaves on the ground too, but not a single compound hickory leaf.
Im seeing red maple. Old growth trees like that will show shaggy bark. Very common tree here in A southern New England. Dont see a lot of larger ones though.
Definitely maple, from the photo of the saw cut. My first guess based on the bark would be silver - we have lots of those stupid things around my home - but the leaves on the ground look more like red. Easy for leaves to move around, though, of course (once they're off the tree, that is - LOL). Sometimes certain older trees will have bark that's not typical for their species, and can be hard to narrow down without live leaves, so a bare tree can sometimes be anybody's guess beyond genus.
