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(@snoop)
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This tree is located in Central GA. Smooth bark with rough raised knots. Growing near a stream in a low lying area with lots of privet. Any idea what it is?

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 7:40 am
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Hackberry

Hackberry

Larry P

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 7:50 am
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:good:

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 7:53 am
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That is it! You are the man LP. Thank you sir.

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 7:57 am
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I advise my students that are Minoring in Surveying that they should take Dendrology while going to LSU. It's a 2-semester credit hour course. For some reason, the State Board of Registration will only give one hour credit for the course. I found that curious.

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 12:28 pm
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Snoop. If you ever get the chance to take the Tree Identification class from Tom Hurley (usually sponsored by SAMSOG) take it. Tom is a Graduate forester as well as a Land Surveyor. I still have a handout from his class from several years ago.

Andy

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 12:44 pm
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It's proper common name is a SugarBerry, but we all call them Hack Berrys.

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 12:49 pm
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Larry

Look up sugar berry. 🙂

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 12:49 pm
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If you happen to have an i-Phone, get the Leaf Snap app. It's a handy tool for getting an ID on an unknown tree. But here in Florida, everything is either an oak, a pine or a palm tree...

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 1:41 pm
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I used to think that a hackberry tree was what you called a tree if you didn't' know what kind it was!

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 1:57 pm
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:good:

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 2:04 pm
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Tree schoolin???

Take a class to learn trees? I suppose now your gonna tell me there's a class to learn how to walk.

Get out in the woods with and learn them yourself.

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 3:02 pm
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Celtis Occidentalis-common hackberry

Celtis Laevigata-sugarberry

 
Posted : 14/05/2012 6:21 pm
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appears to be a hackberry because of the serrated(sp) edges on the leaves.

a hackberry and a sugarberry are pretty much the same w/ the exception that the leaf of a hackberry has serrated edges (like a "hack"saw) and a sugarberry has smooth edges ("s" for sugarberry and "s" for smooth), at least that's the game that i made up to remember the difference.

 
Posted : 15/05/2012 4:30 am