Trying to identify trees at Peeble Island

I went to Peebles Island to practice tree identification.  I took several pictures of each of the trees I was working on.  Here are four pictures of the first tree:

A few of the leaves were lobed, but most were not.  Because of the mix of lobed and unlobed on the same tree, I thought it might be mulberry.

Here are three pictures of the second tree:

I could not figure it out from the many books that I had, but Bob said he thought it was hackberry.

Fall foliage report, September 24, 2010

Locust trees are among the first to turn.  Some are still green, while others are at least half yellow.  The ones that are part yellow look nice, it's like a frosted look.

Overall, most trees are all green, or have just a few colored leaves.

At Latham Farms, there was a kind of tree they had a lot of that was all yellow.  There were small trees.  I don't know if they were young, or a species that is always small.  I drove by.  Sometimes I'll have to get out and look.

Sugar maples have some red and orange leaves, but green still predominates.

Sycamore by Amos Eaton seems all green. [Later I learned this tree was a sycamore maple.]  Sycamore by Sage seems to have some leaves falling with some yellow and brown coloring.  Not pretty fall foliage, more like withering and dying.

Oak trees mostly green, with a touch of brown/orange.  Looks pleasantly autumnal.

Discovering silver maple

On the hill on lunch hour:

1. A maple, but leaves not like a sugar maple.  More in the direction of oak leaves.  Multiple buds at leaf base.  Buds of what? Bark in peeling strips.  No seeds.  Silver maple? Blouin book says silver maple branches rise, then dip, then angle at tip.  I think I can see that.  Branches not horizontal, not good for climbing.
2. Tree behind #1, also shaggy bark, branches less sharply upward.  Like #1, leaves long and pointed, inclined to three lobes.  Leaf stems are red, while on #1 they are yellow-green.

Stephen identifies trees at Grafton and in my yard

At Grafton Lakes State Park, Stephen pointed out the following trees to me:

• Red maple
• Eastern hemlock
• Paper birch
• Yellow birch
• Beech
• White pine
• Red oak (pin)

Stephen told me that the trees behind my house are:

• Norway maple - identifiable by diamond bark pattern.  Also, if you break the stem or leaf, it is milky inside.
• Elm - identifiable by double teeth, and by uneven base of leaf.
• Tree of heaven
• Virginia creeper
• Mulberry
• Cottonwood
• Silver maple (behind cottonwood)

Noticing trees

Since I started working on tree identification, I have become aware of a lot more details of the attributes of trees.  When I walk down the street, I notice these attributes.  For example, I'll walk down the street and think, "there's a tree with toothed alternate heart shaped leaves." (Just making up the example, not referring to a particular tree).