Yeah, that's what's making a couple people say it's creepy. Miserable people always try to dull the shine of naturally Happy people by calling them creepy or something wrong with them. I swear.
“...a White pine. White, w-i-t-e, five letters, five sprigs...” (4:29) Sorry, I’m a tech writer and these things pop out at me. I just had to smile. Great video, James!
just don't get confused with pitch pine, red pine, yellow pine, virginia pine, ponderosa pine which all have 2, 3, 4 or 5 needles despite the number of letters in the name.
As a KY mountains grandkid. My great grandma at 90 plus years could ID almost every plant on her home place also telling the uses of them as medical use or building use A forgotten art.,Same to say.
True that. They should also replace history with current events related to law and government. History's basically just about war and slavery, which are just confusing concepts for young, innocent children to grasp. It's even hard for some adults to grasp the concept of, because we're taught about it so dryly, and at ages where we have no life experience to make it even seem real. Some things should be learned out of curiosity, and with sensitivity, not just for a grade.
@@maybewise We'll have to agree to disagree, I'm a history buff, I love history. The only problem is, school teaches you what they want to teach, From my own personal research on different times in history, I can say the school leaves out important parts of history, or they won't teach the whole story.
@@cookingradar5974 So you explored it out of curiosity, and not just for a grade? XD... That's my point. That's how it should be. Maybe I just had bad history teachers, but we weren't granted the chance to be curious, and explore interesting subjects on a deeper level. Especially not in grade school. It was just like "Memorize these names and dates of wars, and get out.". And I'm bad at memorizing things I don't feel connected to. So I was never good at history. But now, I read about history in my free time, because it's actually interesting, just severely flawed in the way it's taught to kids, in my opinion.
I had 4 kids very close together , I drove a truck their first years on the planet , and I was only home 3 or 4 days a month, and would get their names wrong sometimes, it would make my wife crazy mad 😡
Love the beginning of this video ad slit your bring your kid into the woods showing him the different types of trees getting him involved excellent job dude great parenting
This is awesome. I am a newb who recently purchased The Secret Life Of Trees. Now I'm hooked, trying to get as much info and knowledge as I can. I appreciate your video.
(9:31) “…so when you’re running in the woods, you’re going to come across these nuts….”, very subtle James, nice. Sorry, I have a younger brother and these things pop out at me.
I was looking for a guide to common trees, you gave it and you made it fun. I recognized a few, from the park across the street. Others were new, and others (like oak) were widely known. You made it informative enough that I feel confident the next time I'm out and looking for what kind of trees are around me. Thanks.
Great video friend. This helped a lot. I owned a landscaping business that sables in tree work and this is perfect. You moved at a comfy steady pace and added no fluff
Dear wood by wright - I got your reply via phone app . I realize the Dirr's manual is not for the average person with out some plant biology and or forestry background . Yes the cost varies either hard back edition and the paperback is not to out of range for the backyard or weekend gardener. We in St. Louis area can enjoy Missouri Botanical Gardens " Plant Finder ", web site featuring 51,000 plants In common term and scientific genus . So keep up your good work in what your are doing and the one thing that stood out on your video was you taking your son out . Please keep the encouragement up with your son , and maybe someday we can have another person passionate of our natural resources just like you and I .
Very informative video. More identification books I've seen use perfect examples and are really difficult to match. Your video is much clearer. Bookmarked the arbor site as well, never knew about that one.
Thanks so much for the video. While I think your video was very well done and informative I have to comment on your walking partner. He was very patient and well mannered. Dad is doing a good job.
Loved the video, and found it to be extremely helpful. I am going "gung ho" with starting a wood working business ( Facebook page and TH-cam channel shortly). The channel is going to focus on how to start out with wood working, doing simple projects, with hand tools, and then slowly building and getting everything for a larger wood shop. I am super excited about it, being very positive and understand it's an ambitious endeavor.
Im a cabinet maker and farm boy from East Texas, i missed only one of your trees, thanks for the info, ive never even heard of box elder, but will be on the look out for it
Not sure but there's probably a lot less box elders in East Texas for you to see. I got one about 6 months ago, only the stump and a few logs, and it's got the prettiest red heartwood ever, love those.
Love this video. I want to plant some trees, just a few and watch them grow. I planted too many in my yard so I have to find somewhere to. Put them. Also, I've been thinking of planting an American chestnut tree. They have crossed them with Chinese chestnut which have a natural immunity to the blight that wiped them out over the past century or so. A great tree and great wood.
James, thank you! I love hiking and I love woodworking but don’t get ID tips like this day to day. BTW, whatever your Steadicam is, you made a killer investment. This video is absurdly stable.
I love trees and I just started learning all their characteristics. My goal for 2020 is to be able to make a video like this in dutch. Thanks for the inspiration!
I am very familiar with shrubs and perennials but need to work on identifying trees. You gave me some really useful info and the links will help me even more. Thanks!!
Hope Arthur is doing well in school whether you are home schooling or he is dealing with the scamdemic issues in his school. Great video. I have shared a lot of your knowledge with my grandchildren.
Many years ago I lived on the extreme north side of Memphis, Tn. Walking in the woods one day I came upon the weirdest looking nut I had ever seen. Kind of like a black walnut except elongated a lot and a much lighter color. Kind of sticky also. Turned out to be a butternut. The nuts are very mild and WAY more work than they are worth. I do love trees though. Butternut lumber, also known as white walnut, is quite pretty.
Love this, do some more! I recognized those poplar leaves and twigs but then you called them cottonwood. Looked it up, cottonwood and aspen are types of poplar. Learning begets learning.
LOL yup. got a lot of all three of those around here. there is a lot of cross-breeding. you should see swamp oak and bur oak. both can inter bread and you can have a tree that is 50% of each. and all of them are white oak. but there is a white oak that is also a classified as white oak. those get really confusing!
Thanks James I loved this video and I wasn't expecting one so soon after you suggested it. These species aren't in Scotland although family members are. It was good seeing something different. The apps were good and I'll get it and use it.
Thank you so much! The app advice was invaluable, it's helped me greatly. Come to find out I have one wild cherry tree in my woods which is very exciting!
Now that's a bad ash video! I try to do the same thing with my kids when we are in the woods. My dad and his uncles did that with me! Very cool. Keep it up!
Wood By Wright you just showed us a great way to identify trees in the fall, is there an easy way to identify wood after it’s been milled? Ps, parks like yours are a great class room 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Very well explained I live in Australia and I'm building an ornamental garden with deciduous trees And so I had heard of a lot of these but didn't know what they look like. Ive plane did some trees called pin Oak-trees I think there in the red oak family
It burns good and grows big but it’s no good for cooking with the wood has a stench to it, as far as fruit I’m not sure any is edible. Good heating wood though.
Wish my school taught plant identification. Because you know, that actually prepares you for "the real world" Food and medicine are nessecary. im sure mcdonalds and big pharma have agendas for NOT letting us know what we have all around us ;)
When I saw the larger hickory, I thought maybe you had Shellbark as well as shagbark out there. We have native shagbark and I have 4 Shellbark from seed growing and now fruiting, after some 20 years. The seed parents were cut down by the University that late fall for a parking lot, so I didn't get any grafting wood that winter, just seeds and only because I grabbed them the day I noticed they were there. Our native elms are dying off slowly here, but make for good woodpecker nests and morel mushroom sites later on. Learned a few things here friend, so thanks.
I don't know if there is already a class in middle/high school about tree identifying. If not, would you be able to offer a once a month class for your local schools? It could be another revenue and marketing source.
I have been waiting for someone to do a video like this I even spent $5 and getting an Tree finder app and from watching your video it is the same one that you use the tree ID
Great idea, @@WoodByWright, on the individual tree videos. Perhaps showing the trees in different seasons too. Also, showing dead or felled tree examples. (Love your vids/lessons - BTW.)
Just moved to TN a few months ago nad trying to ID some of the trees on my property. From memory (its night here) I believe 2 types of trees that look familiar by leaves and bark are a maple and I believe ash. I will use this tomorrow and take some pictures and revisit this video to see if i can further ID and confirm my types. There are at least 3 different types in the woods behind my house. I do have nuts that drop that look like black walnut or hickory nut. They almost look like limes and then turn brown. Here em falling through the trees all the time now that ita Fall
The limes turning black sounds identical to black walnut. Black walnut leaves are fairly similar to ash leaves. But Maple leaves are very different from Ash. A maple leaf is what is on the Canadian flag.
Box Elder is called Manitoba Maple around here. That is the biggest Black Walnut I have ever seen, they are usually slightly smaller than a tennis ball up here. Elms are finally starting to make a comeback. They were about wiped out by Dutch Elm Disease years ago. Great video James.
the Elm have been making a good come back here though we do still have some Dutch Elm disease that pops up from time to time. there are a ton of names for box elder. ash-leaved maple, maple ash, lose maple, and I have heard a few others.
Great video with lots of good info. Where I am is on the prairie, and there are no trees that grow naturally here, except some species native to the river valley. This means that every tree in my city was planted by a person. There are lots of elm trees, poplars and cottonwood trees. There are also some birch and mountain ash trees and lots of spruce and pine. Pretty much all the hardwoods for woodworking have to come here on a truck from Ontario, Québec or the maritimes.
That "Shagbark Hickory" is an awesome tree, easily identified with or without the leaves. The "Shellbark Hickory" is quite different. The nuts are killer snacks (roasted) in both species. Sweet video my man, well done.
There are many trees that I can identify during the winter. It is not easy and it's not something you can look up in a book. It's just experience with running into more trees. You get to get a feel for what they look like.
@@WoodByWright 🤦♂️ I figured that'd be the case... but I had to check, just to be sure. I'm looking to start cooking outdoors more (and using wood as my fuel source). I've researched & found that everyone says stick to hardwoods. I'd like to start to cut up trees now [in winter] so I'll have a nice wood pile ready to go in the summer. Problem is, identifying the wood/trees in the winter. 🤷♂️ I had to check to see if you knew any tips or tricks besides the bark/trunk...
@@WoodByWright I'd hate to go through the task of harvesting wood now... Throw some splits in the smoker next year... and come to find out that I had harvested some pine by mistake.
This was a great and informative video James. Ty. As an Industrial Arts teacher (woodshop) I'm inspired to get more into this and maybe with my students. I just need to research whether there are similar sites/tools for Australian trees. Damo
I’m so excited! According to this video, I have 3 red oak saplings growing at the border in my back yard!!! There are black walnuts growing a few feet to the south and west of them though so if they grow faster, or poison them with their juglone, they may Abort their development. If not however, I wonder how many years it will take for them to mature to 7 or so feet tall?
They'll probably grow a bit slower being closer to the black walnut but they'll be fine. Generally you can expect the tree to grow in diameter about 1/8 -1/4 of an inch per year. So I'm assuming right now the trunk is about 4 in in diameter. So when they're smaller they tend to grow a bit faster and you might end up getting it another inch in diameter every two to three years right now but that will slow down once it gets around 8 in. You're probably looking at another 50 to 60 years until they are of a size that would be malleable. Though a lot of people like to wait until they're around 100 to 150 years old.
Since I helped a friend on his bellsaw sawmill one summer about 25 years ago, I can no longer appreciate the beautiful trees, when I see a tree all I can think about is all the beautiful lumber inside it.
Really liked the bit about the box elder maple. The winged seed pods were a dead giveaway to me that it was a maple, but it was odd that it didn’t have the distinctive 🍁 leaf shape. So I posted it on iNaturalist. The program has brilliant AI not only for identifying trees, but practically everything living. Once the program looks at the photo you post it and people from all over can evaluate if they know it and agree with the ID or suggest something else. A crowdsourced peer review for the asking. 🌱
Thanks for the input and search venues. I've got one that I can't seem to identify. There are several of this tree on the University of Louisville main campus. The lead is a cluster of narrow leaves, bark is more smooth than rough, and the roots are close to the surface and cascade over the sidewalks with zero damage to the concrete. I've put it out there on a couple of the apps and none could automatically identify it. Waiting to hear back from the "community".
your forestry office may tell you what trees grow in your area with pics of what they look like , now you can go out and sort them ,whats good for lumber ,fire wood etc happy tree hugging.
Can you tell me how to use the British Trees app to identify trees in the US? I am testing it out and my hickory tree is coming up as an Elder tree. I am getting different answers with each app so am not sure where to go from here.
In michigan the Ash trees were decimated by the Ash borer beetle if you find one its very very rare, they came through from the lower part of Michigan then moved north just wiping every single ash tree.
Very helpful - in my garden in Tassie I have a tree, which is bent out of shape being crambed by a silver birch and a melaleuca, so it's quite difficult to say how it should really be growing! I can't decide if it's an American-type elm or perhaps a hornbeam, it has alternate leaves and so far hasn't 'flowered' so no seeds to help id - is driving me slightly batty! Have taken cuttings in a hope I can grow it elsewhere in the garden - it does have a rather attractive bark, not furrowed presently (I'm assuming it's about 10-yrs old.) Any other suggestions on how to ID? I also have a tree I think is a Liquid Amber, but its new leaves and stems are slightly furry - this doesn't seem right, but it's def not a maple! I think I need to watch more of your videos! Cheers!
An updated video on the topic: th-cam.com/video/rfnzvgQ-f7Q/w-d-xo.htmlsi=k4P-Iw2faO_ncVtr
You seem like a very happy man. Your enthusiasm is contagious and your voice and tone has the power to lift someone’s mood.
Yeah, that's what's making a couple people say it's creepy. Miserable people always try to dull the shine of naturally Happy people by calling them creepy or something wrong with them. I swear.
“...a White pine. White, w-i-t-e, five letters, five sprigs...” (4:29)
Sorry, I’m a tech writer and these things pop out at me. I just had to smile. Great video, James!
Lol. Then you will love this channel spelling is a running joke on here. I like to put in things like that from time to time.
just don't get confused with pitch pine, red pine, yellow pine, virginia pine, ponderosa pine which all have 2, 3, 4 or 5 needles despite the number of letters in the name.
He's a tree expert not a math expert.
I was waiting for the story of Capt. Dickory and what he built his dock out of. Thanks for the awesome video! Very informative!
@@jdowies Indeed- we all make mistrakes
As a KY mountains grandkid. My great grandma at 90 plus years could ID almost every plant on her home place also telling the uses of them as medical use or building use
A forgotten art.,Same to say.
My mom can do the same! 😀
This is one of the simple lessons that should be taught in school. Taxes should be taught too.
And first aid.
True that. They should also replace history with current events related to law and government. History's basically just about war and slavery, which are just confusing concepts for young, innocent children to grasp. It's even hard for some adults to grasp the concept of, because we're taught about it so dryly, and at ages where we have no life experience to make it even seem real. Some things should be learned out of curiosity, and with sensitivity, not just for a grade.
@@maybewise We'll have to agree to disagree, I'm a history buff, I love history. The only problem is, school teaches you what they want to teach, From my own personal research on different times in history, I can say the school leaves out important parts of history, or they won't teach the whole story.
@@cookingradar5974 So you explored it out of curiosity, and not just for a grade? XD... That's my point. That's how it should be. Maybe I just had bad history teachers, but we weren't granted the chance to be curious, and explore interesting subjects on a deeper level. Especially not in grade school. It was just like "Memorize these names and dates of wars, and get out.". And I'm bad at memorizing things I don't feel connected to. So I was never good at history. But now, I read about history in my free time, because it's actually interesting, just severely flawed in the way it's taught to kids, in my opinion.
@@maybewise lol I guess you're right 🤣
Great video, James. I love tree spotting, too! My kids think I'm some kind of wizard because I know their names. Not the kids' names, the trees. 😄
LOL my wife hates walking with me! I am always spotting trees and she just wants to talk!
just my .02, but you should know the kids' names, too. :)
I had 4 kids very close together , I drove a truck their first years on the planet , and I was only home 3 or 4 days a month, and would get their names wrong sometimes, it would make my wife crazy mad 😡
You've inspired me to be a better dad and take what's his face out hiking with me. Thanks
@@roblena7977it’s folks like you that make reading the comment section worthwhile. Thanks for the laugh :)
It's kind of crazy for me to realize how many trees are in one place. And how similar some of the characteristics are. Very informative! Thank man.
thanks! glad i could help!
Nice being in the woods with beautiful Trees, soothing to touch them!
I just love listening to someone when I write. But not some someone, but someone that talks with passion about things that it likes to do
Love the beginning of this video ad slit your bring your kid into the woods showing him the different types of trees getting him involved excellent job dude great parenting
Thanks!
This is awesome. I am a newb who recently purchased The Secret Life Of Trees. Now I'm hooked, trying to get as much info and knowledge as I can. I appreciate your video.
Thanks. Sounds like you're having fun.
Tree ID videos are wonderful - do more of these!
I think I will do one for winter time on just identifying by bark and structure.
Arthur is adorable! Thank you. God bless
LOL yup he is a blast to have around.
Also I read there is a star in the twig of a cottonwood when you break it in half. Wonderful video and very helpful!
Excellent video! Learned so much I couldn’t retain it all, I’m going to have to save it to a playlist and finish later. Appreciate your efforts!
In my many long years of consuming TH-cam content this is by far the most helpful. Well done!
Thanks. glad I could help! I love walking through the woods!
Wood By Wright we are in the gutter cleaning business, so I’ve always been curious on when the leaves fall and what specific types they are!
(9:31) “…so when you’re running in the woods, you’re going to come across these nuts….”, very subtle James, nice.
Sorry, I have a younger brother and these things pop out at me.
Thank you for taking up your time and teaching me…..❤. Hope you keep doing these amazing videos ❤
I was looking for a guide to common trees, you gave it and you made it fun. I recognized a few, from the park across the street. Others were new, and others (like oak) were widely known. You made it informative enough that I feel confident the next time I'm out and looking for what kind of trees are around me. Thanks.
Thanks man that means a lot.
You missed the H in W-H-I-T-E
Thank you for sharing all your information about trees I love the video and will be watching again 💞
That is a running gag on the channel. We have fun with spelling here.
Great video friend. This helped a lot. I owned a landscaping business that sables in tree work and this is perfect. You moved at a comfy steady pace and added no fluff
This was the most comprehensive, clear, thorough video I have found so far in identifying trees. Great video!!
Thanks. That means a lot.
Dear wood by wright - I got your reply via phone app . I realize the Dirr's manual is not for the average person with out some plant biology and or forestry background . Yes the cost varies either hard back edition and the paperback is not to out of range for the backyard or weekend gardener. We in St. Louis area can enjoy Missouri Botanical Gardens
" Plant Finder ", web site featuring 51,000 plants In common term and scientific genus . So keep up your good work in what your are doing and the one thing that stood out on your video was you taking your son out . Please keep the encouragement up with your son , and maybe someday we can have another person passionate of our natural resources just like you and I .
I love this video! Trying to know the tree's like my Grandfather use too.Passing it on to my kids.Thank you!
Very informative video. More identification books I've seen use perfect examples and are really difficult to match. Your video is much clearer.
Bookmarked the arbor site as well, never knew about that one.
+roguemind cool thanks man!
Thanks so much for the video. While I think your video was very well done and informative I have to comment on your walking partner. He was very patient and well mannered. Dad is doing a good job.
I love playing with them in the woods. Thanks Ronald.
Wow what a coincidence My father was James Wright and he worked in the woods he knew every tree by bark and leaf also.
Loved the video, and found it to be extremely helpful.
I am going "gung ho" with starting a wood working business ( Facebook page and TH-cam channel shortly).
The channel is going to focus on how to start out with wood working, doing simple projects, with hand tools, and then slowly building and getting everything for a larger wood shop.
I am super excited about it, being very positive and understand it's an ambitious endeavor.
Sweet. Sounds like a lot of fun.
Nice explanation Mr Wright. I wish you would also explain trees growing here in the Philippines with protruding roots vertically.
Im a cabinet maker and farm boy from East Texas, i missed only one of your trees, thanks for the info, ive never even heard of box elder, but will be on the look out for it
That is one of my favorite for hand tools.
Not sure but there's probably a lot less box elders in East Texas for you to see. I got one about 6 months ago, only the stump and a few logs, and it's got the prettiest red heartwood ever, love those.
Love this video. I want to plant some trees, just a few and watch them grow. I planted too many in my yard so I have to find somewhere to. Put them. Also, I've been thinking of planting an American chestnut tree. They have crossed them with Chinese chestnut which have a natural immunity to the blight that wiped them out over the past century or so. A great tree and great wood.
+Chris Cunicelli I have never worked with chestnut. Sounds like fun!
James, thank you! I love hiking and I love woodworking but don’t get ID tips like this day to day. BTW, whatever your Steadicam is, you made a killer investment. This video is absurdly stable.
thanks man. this is the one I used. amzn.to/2gHAvmr the video was shot on my cell phone and the audio was recorded through my normal studio camera.
I love trees and I just started learning all their characteristics. My goal for 2020 is to be able to make a video like this in dutch. Thanks for the inspiration!
That would be so cool. I would love to see more videos like this from different places around the world. Showing native trees.
I watched this 3 times in a row! Such great information!
thanks! glad I could help!
Good picture quality, good information, super useful! May I request a slower presentation? Such a great learning channel!!! Thank you!!!
I am very familiar with shrubs and perennials but need to work on identifying trees. You gave me some really useful info and the links will help me even more. Thanks!!
thanks Deby. I am the other way around!
Hope Arthur is doing well in school whether you are home schooling or he is dealing with the scamdemic issues in his school. Great video. I have shared a lot of your knowledge with my grandchildren.
Thanks. We all homeschool so it's a lot easier for the kids they really haven't noticed much of any difference. Lol
Off course you get flowers then fruit you may want to identify at any time of the year, you have a good show many thanks
Very educative and inspiring. Many thanks to Authur for being a courteous companion
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your beautiful family.
Many years ago I lived on the extreme north side of Memphis, Tn. Walking in the woods one day I came upon the weirdest looking nut I had ever seen. Kind of like a black walnut except elongated a lot and a much lighter color. Kind of sticky also. Turned out to be a butternut. The nuts are very mild and WAY more work than they are worth. I do love trees though. Butternut lumber, also known as white walnut, is quite pretty.
Love this, do some more! I recognized those poplar leaves and twigs but then you called them cottonwood. Looked it up, cottonwood and aspen are types of poplar. Learning begets learning.
LOL yup. got a lot of all three of those around here. there is a lot of cross-breeding. you should see swamp oak and bur oak. both can inter bread and you can have a tree that is 50% of each. and all of them are white oak. but there is a white oak that is also a classified as white oak. those get really confusing!
We call those “Cottonwood” here in Canada, too.
Thanks James I loved this video and I wasn't expecting one so soon after you suggested it. These species aren't in Scotland although family members are. It was good seeing something different. The apps were good and I'll get it and use it.
Thnaks Laura. it would be fun to go to a different country and do a tree identification video there!
Lots of trees which aren’t native, might be in your neighbourhood because they’re planted as ornamentals.
I love cottonwood trees. We had one big one in front yard of childhood home, it was so majestic.
I've really been needing to know kinds of wood recently for different things, and this has helped a lot (unnecessary comment to boost algorithm 👉😎👉)
Thank you so much! The app advice was invaluable, it's helped me greatly. Come to find out I have one wild cherry tree in my woods which is very exciting!
Nice. Glad I could help!
Now that's a bad ash video! I try to do the same thing with my kids when we are in the woods. My dad and his uncles did that with me! Very cool. Keep it up!
LOL thanks Bill!
Fantastic looking day to be out with the littles and showing them at the same time you show us about trees 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
+theduck love taking them to the park.
Wood By Wright you just showed us a great way to identify trees in the fall, is there an easy way to identify wood after it’s been milled?
Ps, parks like yours are a great class room 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank You! Great information. I'm pretty good at tree identification but with these APPS it will help tremendously. Good Video James.
thanks. glad I could help a bit!
I am going to be looking up the shrubs in my yard now! Neat...just taking a photo! How easy! :)
yup for best answer hold a white piece of paper behind the leaf so you get a clear picture of just the leaf.
Thank you for the educational video James.
Awesome video full of knowledge
Very well explained I live in Australia and I'm building an ornamental garden with deciduous trees And so I had heard of a lot of these but didn't know what they look like. Ive plane did some trees called pin Oak-trees I think there in the red oak family
It burns good and grows big but it’s no good for cooking with the wood has a stench to it, as far as fruit I’m not sure any is edible. Good heating wood though.
Thanks for the video! I'm so excited for my tree adventure!!!
Wow you have a variety of trees on your prop. Thabks for the video
That is such a cool video. Thank you, will try to be more observant in my next walk
The first lessons how to identify a tree in my entirely life, thank you.
Wish my school taught plant identification. Because you know, that actually prepares you for "the real world"
Food and medicine are nessecary.
im sure mcdonalds and big pharma have agendas for NOT letting us know what we have all around us ;)
@@3vanguardofthephoenix335 ikr
When I saw the larger hickory, I thought maybe you had Shellbark as well as shagbark out there.
We have native shagbark and I have 4 Shellbark from seed growing and now fruiting, after some 20 years.
The seed parents were cut down by the University that late fall for a parking lot, so I didn't get any grafting wood that winter, just seeds and only because I grabbed them the day I noticed they were there.
Our native elms are dying off slowly here, but make for good woodpecker nests and morel mushroom sites later on.
Learned a few things here friend, so thanks.
More videos like this please 🙏
Thanks for sharing the apps and websites to identify trees 👍👌
Helpful! Thank you. I'm trying to get better at plant and tree ID as I camp.
My pleasure!
Hi , am new to tree sporting -this video helped me get started ! Thank you !
Thanks for the info. I love learning about trees. Shrubs are a different matter 🤔. There's just so many.
I don't know if there is already a class in middle/high school about tree identifying. If not, would you be able to offer a once a month class for your local schools? It could be another revenue and marketing source.
I have been waiting for someone to do a video like this I even spent $5 and getting an Tree finder app and from watching your video it is the same one that you use the tree ID
Glad I can help. I am thinking of doing short videos on individual trees.
Wood By Wright I live in New Hampshire and where I'm at I mostly see maple and Oak and pine trees
Great idea, @@WoodByWright, on the individual tree videos. Perhaps showing the trees in different seasons too. Also, showing dead or felled tree examples. (Love your vids/lessons - BTW.)
Just moved to TN a few months ago nad trying to ID some of the trees on my property. From memory (its night here) I believe 2 types of trees that look familiar by leaves and bark are a maple and I believe ash. I will use this tomorrow and take some pictures and revisit this video to see if i can further ID and confirm my types. There are at least 3 different types in the woods behind my house.
I do have nuts that drop that look like black walnut or hickory nut. They almost look like limes and then turn brown. Here em falling through the trees all the time now that ita Fall
The limes turning black sounds identical to black walnut. Black walnut leaves are fairly similar to ash leaves. But Maple leaves are very different from Ash. A maple leaf is what is on the Canadian flag.
Box Elder is called Manitoba Maple around here. That is the biggest Black Walnut I have ever seen, they are usually slightly smaller than a tennis ball up here. Elms are finally starting to make a comeback. They were about wiped out by Dutch Elm Disease years ago. Great video James.
the Elm have been making a good come back here though we do still have some Dutch Elm disease that pops up from time to time. there are a ton of names for box elder. ash-leaved maple, maple ash, lose maple, and I have heard a few others.
Very educational. You and Arthur know your stuff. 🍁🌿
I went to school in Pennsylvania and tree knowledge was taught. That was way back then.
Thanks. You info is great and I think its fun identifying trees as I do my daily walks in the woods.
Wow I learned a lot. Great video. Thank you so much!👍
Very interesting, I'm always wondering what kind of trees are in the woods. Thanks
glad I could help a bit!
Great video with lots of good info. Where I am is on the prairie, and there are no trees that grow naturally here, except some species native to the river valley. This means that every tree in my city was planted by a person. There are lots of elm trees, poplars and cottonwood trees. There are also some birch and mountain ash trees and lots of spruce and pine. Pretty much all the hardwoods for woodworking have to come here on a truck from Ontario, Québec or the maritimes.
+Jesse Terpstra yup some people get all the luck and some get stuck.
OH MY GOODNESS, Arthur is a wonderful kid!!!
He is so much fun!
That "Shagbark Hickory" is an awesome tree, easily identified with or without the leaves. The "Shellbark Hickory" is quite different. The nuts are killer snacks (roasted) in both species. Sweet video my man, well done.
Thanks. I do love roasted hickory nuts.
Excellent video, thank you for sharing your knowledge.
A useful video on some of the more common tree types. Thanks for sharing it.
Thanks.
Hey I know that park! Excellent video my friend!
Did you end up making that table? Curious to see what it looked like with that elm tree 11:23?
yup. here is the playlist with that build. th-cam.com/video/g8BzzmraAXM/w-d-xo.html
Can you identify trees during the winter?
I'm sure it's tougher because you won't have many leaves to use; you'll have to rely on the tree bark/trunk.
There are many trees that I can identify during the winter. It is not easy and it's not something you can look up in a book. It's just experience with running into more trees. You get to get a feel for what they look like.
@@WoodByWright 🤦♂️
I figured that'd be the case... but I had to check, just to be sure.
I'm looking to start cooking outdoors more (and using wood as my fuel source).
I've researched & found that everyone says stick to hardwoods.
I'd like to start to cut up trees now [in winter] so I'll have a nice wood pile ready to go in the summer.
Problem is, identifying the wood/trees in the winter. 🤷♂️
I had to check to see if you knew any tips or tricks besides the bark/trunk...
@@WoodByWright I'd hate to go through the task of harvesting wood now...
Throw some splits in the smoker next year... and come to find out that I had harvested some pine by mistake.
Thanks for taking your time to share brother !
This was a great and informative video James. Ty.
As an Industrial Arts teacher (woodshop) I'm inspired to get more into this and maybe with my students. I just need to research whether there are similar sites/tools for Australian trees.
Damo
if you find them let me know I would love to compile a few other good sources.
I've sent you a msg with a couple of links for you to check out.
Thank you very much for this. i'll let you know how well this method works for me in Jamaica
Sweet! I would love to see what kind of trees you have there!
I’m so excited! According to this video, I have 3 red oak saplings growing at the border in my back yard!!! There are black walnuts growing a few feet to the south and west of them though so if they grow faster, or poison them with their juglone, they may Abort their development. If not however, I wonder how many years it will take for them to mature to 7 or so feet tall?
They'll probably grow a bit slower being closer to the black walnut but they'll be fine. Generally you can expect the tree to grow in diameter about 1/8 -1/4 of an inch per year. So I'm assuming right now the trunk is about 4 in in diameter. So when they're smaller they tend to grow a bit faster and you might end up getting it another inch in diameter every two to three years right now but that will slow down once it gets around 8 in. You're probably looking at another 50 to 60 years until they are of a size that would be malleable. Though a lot of people like to wait until they're around 100 to 150 years old.
@@WoodByWright WWOW!!! Thank you 😊
Since I helped a friend on his bellsaw sawmill one summer about 25 years ago, I can no longer appreciate the beautiful trees, when I see a tree all I can think about is all the beautiful lumber inside it.
LOL I do the same all the time!
I think about the habatat they provide.
Really liked the bit about the box elder maple. The winged seed pods were a dead giveaway to me that it was a maple, but it was odd that it didn’t have the distinctive 🍁 leaf shape. So I posted it on iNaturalist. The program has brilliant AI not only for identifying trees, but practically everything living. Once the program looks at the photo you post it and people from all over can evaluate if they know it and agree with the ID or suggest something else. A crowdsourced peer review for the asking. 🌱
thanks man! I will have to check that one out!
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Great info on Tree identification!
Thanks for the input and search venues. I've got one that I can't seem to identify. There are several of this tree on the University of Louisville main campus. The lead is a cluster of narrow leaves, bark is more smooth than rough, and the roots are close to the surface and cascade over the sidewalks with zero damage to the concrete. I've put it out there on a couple of the apps and none could automatically identify it. Waiting to hear back from the "community".
Here is another good site I just found. post a picture here and they will help identify it. www.reddit.com/r/whatsthisplant/
This was great. I work wood and this is super informative. Keep it up!👍
Thanks. I love playing the what tree is this game.
your forestry office may tell you what trees grow in your area with pics of what they look like , now you can go out and sort them ,whats good for lumber ,fire wood etc happy tree hugging.
Can you tell me how to use the British Trees app to identify trees in the US? I am testing it out and my hickory tree is coming up as an Elder tree. I am getting different answers with each app so am not sure where to go from here.
Where are the links you said would be in the description for identifying trees?
Great walking tour James. Highly informational thanks for sharing.
thanks Opa!
I'm new to your channel and I love it. Great video, James. greeting from Boston Mass.
Thanks man. If there's ever something you want to see let me know.
I got confused w-i-t-e (5 letters 5 sprigs) pine....needless to say, I loved the video and the information provided.
Thanks man. We have a bit too much fun with spelling jokes on this channel.
@@WoodByWright I know! ha ha ha
"picture this" is a great app for identifying trees, insects etc
Excellent video, so informative! :)
In michigan the Ash trees were decimated by the Ash borer beetle if you find one its very very rare, they came through from the lower part of Michigan then moved north just wiping every single ash tree.
Yup. It is that way across most of the US. Very sad.
Very helpful - in my garden in Tassie I have a tree, which is bent out of shape being crambed by a silver birch and a melaleuca, so it's quite difficult to say how it should really be growing! I can't decide if it's an American-type elm or perhaps a hornbeam, it has alternate leaves and so far hasn't 'flowered' so no seeds to help id - is driving me slightly batty! Have taken cuttings in a hope I can grow it elsewhere in the garden - it does have a rather attractive bark, not furrowed presently (I'm assuming it's about 10-yrs old.) Any other suggestions on how to ID? I also have a tree I think is a Liquid Amber, but its new leaves and stems are slightly furry - this doesn't seem right, but it's def not a maple! I think I need to watch more of your videos! Cheers!
There are also a few Facebook groups that focus on tree identification. sometimes it's easier to take pictures and post them there.
I'm trying learn how to identify trees in middle Tennessee. What state was this video taken in? Seems like a we have the same species.
This is in Northern Illinois. Most of the trees I showed here can be found from the Midwest all the way to the East Coast
@@WoodByWright Sweet, thanks!
Excellent educational video. Thanks.