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Location: Unlike most on CD, I'm not afraid to give my location: Milwaukee, WI.
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It is in southern Wisconsin. It is a deciduous tree with leaves that have interesting veins.
It is not a juniper or evergreen of any sort. Again, it has leaves.
I am interested to know what this is because I have a spot where one of these would be perfect. A spot where I had a nice Skyrocket juniper that was damaged by a heavy wet snow. I did some cutting/pruning to restore it, or save it, but it has never looked good again.
So... what is this cool, tall, narrow tree I spotted in small town Wisconsin? Thanks for any help.
Too hard to tell from that distance and under such dark conditions but I agree it does look from that distance like it might be some kind of poplar tree .... only there are several species of trees in the poplar family. A more close up picture of the tree in full bright sunlight (so we can see the correct shade of green of the leaves in bright daylight), and a much closer up picture of one individual mature leaf so we can see the finer details and colour of the leaf would be helpful for identification. If it has any kind of flowers or seed pods on it then close up pictures of those would also be helpful. If you could also take a close up picture in bright sunlight of the bark on the tree trunk that would be an extra bonus.
It is in southern Wisconsin. It is a deciduous tree with leaves that have interesting veins.
It is not a juniper or evergreen of any sort. Again, it has leaves.
I am interested to know what this is because I have a spot where one of these would be perfect. A spot where I had a nice Skyrocket juniper that was damaged by a heavy wet snow. I did some cutting/pruning to restore it, or save it, but it has never looked good again.
So... what is this cool, tall, narrow tree I spotted in small town Wisconsin? Thanks for any help.
If the leaves look like this, it's likely a Lombardy poplar.
They need full sun and ground that drains well, and it's a bad idea to plant one near a drainfield or a sewer line, as their roots are invasive. They do turn a bright golden yellow in the fall though.
Location: Unlike most on CD, I'm not afraid to give my location: Milwaukee, WI.
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Thanks guys. I do indeed think this is a Lombardy Poplar. Sorry about the poor pic, and lack of more detailed pics. I asked my wife to take 2 pics... one showing the full size of tree, and one close up showing leaves in detail. She totally cobbled up the first one, and until I edited/cropped the pic as it mostly showed street, a house, and me walking across the street with grandkids ahead. As for a closer up/bark and leaf detail one she did a poor job with that one too.
After reading up on this species, I have ruled it out. Two problems; it can get to 50-60 feet, which would just be too tall for where I want it between 2 houses fairly close together, plus apparently these trees are very prone to some sort of canker disease that often limits their lifespan to only 10-15 years.
I may just try another skyrocket juniper in that spot (it looked awesome before it was damaged). Just gotta cut the existing one down and get the stump out. Recently dug out 9 old privet stumps and it was not easy, even with a SawzAll and 9 in pruning blade to cut the hard roots and wood that were underground.
Thanks guys. I do indeed think this is a Lombardy Poplar. Sorry about the poor pic, and lack of more detailed pics. I asked my wife to take 2 pics... one showing the full size of tree, and one close up showing leaves in detail. She totally cobbled up the first one, and until I edited/cropped the pic as it mostly showed street, a house, and me walking across the street with grandkids ahead. As for a closer up/bark and leaf detail one she did a poor job with that one too.
After reading up on this species, I have ruled it out. Two problems; it can get to 50-60 feet, which would just be too tall for where I want it between 2 houses fairly close together, plus apparently these trees are very prone to some sort of canker disease that often limits their lifespan to only 10-15 years.
I may just try another skyrocket juniper in that spot (it looked awesome before it was damaged). Just gotta cut the existing one down and get the stump out. Recently dug out 9 old privet stumps and it was not easy, even with a SawzAll and 9 in pruning blade to cut the hard roots and wood that were underground.
@ dozerbear, the leaf *did* look like that.
It's small enough you could possibly pull it out with a vehicle that has a tow hitch.
I'd get rid of it. As mention before, they grow to about 50ft. Once it reaches that height, it will cost a fortune to have it removed. You don't want a tree that tall to blow over because it's bound to do some damage. I know this from experience.
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