Help with ID of Tree Bark.

[juliejam]

This tree has been left in the park for the past 10 yrs without branches , the trunk is the only bit left and stands about 15ft..Is there a chance of a ID from the bark.

Many thanx

[clicka15]

I don't have my guide to hand so I'll guess at something like a cedar - but it's just a guess. If you climb up and count the rings to get its age and measure the trunk's girth that might help, but that would be somewhat extreme.

The thing I like about 'dead' stumps of trees with coarse bark is that they are very much alive with all sorts of small beasties and fungi. It's always worth pinging some of the spider webs with a piano tuner so see what pokes its head out.

Best wishes,

Steven.

[Dunedin]

I sent this photo to a friend of mine who is a retired curator of one of the Botanic gardens and he is sure it is not a Cedar and without seeing it thought it might be a Sycamore, this was his reply to me.
I am certain it is not a cedar; I am almost equally certain from the curling, exfoliating bark that it is a sycamore.

[juliejam]

Originally Posted by Dunedin

I sent this photo to a friend of mine who is a retired curator of one of the Botanic gardens and he is sure it is not a Cedar and without seeing it thought it might be a Sycamore, this was his reply to me.
I am certain it is not a cedar; I am almost equally certain from the curling, exfoliating bark that it is a sycamore.

Many thanx for that one...most of the trees in the park have been there a while..Ive been told that some are over 200 yrs and more..and by the size of the trunk of this tree if would have been of a good age...

[Frimsley]

Certainly not cedar. It has a hint of horse chestnut about it, but the plates are not quite round enough. I wouldn't say sycamore, but sycamore is a rather imprecise term, referring to different species in England than in the US, and often something different again in Scotland. To me, it means Acer pseudoplatanus, which has smoother bark

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