I went for a walk around my property today and ended up coming in with a handful of tree cuttings. I don't really have any idea what any of these trees are so I was hoping someone here might be able to help me out. I think that Tree 4 is an Elm, and Tree 5 is a Pin Oak, (too soon to tell?) TREE 1: TREE 2: TREE 3: TREE 4: TREE 5:
#1 - possibly Manitoba Maple Acer negundo. #2 - Cherry Prunus (? Black Cherry P. serotina). #3 - Maple Acer (? Sugar Maple A. saccharum). #4 - Elm Ulmus. #5 - Oak Quercus. Would be easier if you could add shots of the branches, crown and bark.
I'll second Acer negundo for #1 - weedy weedy weedy! #2 is something in the Prunus; I was actually thinking plum. #3 is another Acer, and Micheal F is so often correct that I'm loath to go against him. Poor little guys aren't doing so well. #4 is definitely an Ulmus I can't confirm on deny #5 without seeing leaves. Agree, definitely easier with shots of the whole tree.
Thanks guys! Here are more pictures. Talking to my family, I found out for sure that #5 is a pin oak. It was a gift from a friend when our house was built thirty-some years ago. I've never seen any acorns from it though. Oh and #3 isn't sickly, the leaves had just opened within the past two or three days. The day before I took these pictures, #1 was similarly shriveled Tree 1: Tree 2: The tree in question is the scrawny little guy on an angle in the front, pretty much all of the leaves in the picture belong to it. As for being a fruit tree, I don't believe that I have ever seen flowers or fruit on it. I've only seen one similar tree on the other side of our property. I vaguely remember seeing little white flowers on the other one, but I may be mistaking it for something else. Tree 3: (Small tree and branch in foreground) Tree 4: I won't bother trying to point out the crowns of the trees, since every picture I took came out as an indistinguishable tangle of skeleton branches.
Well, those confirm the IDs for trees 1 and 3. Tree 4 is definitely an Elm, and now having seen the bark and branches and your location, I'd venture to say it's Ulmus americana. I'll continue to say that #2 is a Prunus spp. It may not be mature enough yet to be blooming.
Ditto to Lorax; except #2 I'd say is not flowering because it is in heavy shade. If it was getting more light, it would be flowering.