Went out for a snowshoe with the soon to be Mrs. this afternoon on our property. Took the dogs with and they had a blast. Snapped a few pictures along the way and had the thought that it’d be fun to have a thread where we can post pictures of the woods and others can try to name all the species spotted within the picture. I’m a longtime member of Ducks Unlimited and they have a section in their monthly magazine with a similar idea - how many species of waterfowl can you spot in this picture? I apologize if this has been done on here before. I searched around some of the old content here on the forum to see if I could find anything but didn’t find anything similar. So what the heck - how many tree species do you see in this picture and what are they? I know it might be a little hard given picture quality (or lack of quality) and size. Everything counts - saplings to old growth. 1)
hmmm, hemlock (or some kind of spruce/fir - it's not pine) , red and white oak, maybe poplar/aspen, the small crooked one in the center looks like sassafras, a birch in the foreground - maybe yellow birch. There's also another somewhat crooked tree in the center that might be a black cherry.
Thinking about this as I reloaded the stove. My stacks aren’t diverse, as I am targeting certain species for removal, and others wouldn’t go onto the firewood pile.
I like what billb3 and NH mountain man say even down to the possible sassafras, but I'm seeing 2 swamp maple trees in prominent positions of the photo (center and the larger one left of center). Perhaps you could cut a V notch and take a closer photo Woodsman so we can get a better idea Haha!
Kind of fun right? I’ll definitely try to take better photos that are more clear. Have this one from the other day, too - It’s got a few up close, a couple easy to pick out in the midground and a couple way back that are difficult to tell. As for the first photo there definitely is red oak, beech (has beech bark disease), black and paper birch, hemlock, red maple (very difficult to tell). Next time I’m back there I’ll check that spot for the sass. That spot is right up against a disturbed area from the logging done under the former owners that is now being filled by black birch and loads of pin cherry.
closest foreground - 2 yellow birch, behind that with all the dead branches sticking out looks like hemlock, 20 feet back in the center might be poplar, further back laying horizontal might be a firewood tree. smaller sensors can struggle with lower light levels
Two in front are birch either gray or yellow. Twins behind that are either spruce or hemlock, one forefront on left looks like a pignut hickory, conifer behind that is hemlock, one bihind hemlock not sure.
