mystrey trees

[A70m1c]

I have 2 trees that I'm not too sure what kind they are. All i know is that they produce nuts, and I need two of them to pollenate. They have 5 leaves is clusters, and seem to be preferring the shade. They are about 3-3.5 feet tall. I haven't planted them yet because I would like to know what they are, so I can pick a good spot for them. Do they sound like Buckeye trees to you?

[KarenCharin0]

Hi A70m1c

Here's a site that shows you a picture of what the buckeye leaves and nut looks like.

http://www.dnr.ohio.gov/forestry/trees/buckeye_oh.htm

[KarenCharin0]

This site will help you to tell what kind of a tree it is.

http://www.oplin.org/tree/

This background page will help you get started in identifying your trees.

http://www.oplin.org/tree/gloss.html

[KarenCharin0]

I have a buckeye tree in my yard but I wasn't sure what kind of buckeye tree it was until I seen the picture of the Bottlebrush Buckeye about half way down the home page on my buckeyetree.net site.


This site gives more information on the Bottlebrush Buckeye.

http://www.cnr.vt.edu/dendro/dendrology/syllabus/factsheet.cfm?ID=273

Can you post a picture of the leaf? Do you know what the nut looks like? I was trying to find some pictures of nuts that different trees have but haven't had much luck so far. I'll keep looking to see what I can find out for you so you can get your trees identified. Your right about knowing what kind of tree it is so that you know how to care for it better and the best spot to plant them. Let us know if you figure out what kind of tree it is. I'll post more if I can find any more information on how to identify trees.

And welcome to the forum!

[KarenCharin0]

Now I've found some really good sites to help you identify your mystery trees 

Here's a great site that will walk you through identifying your trees.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/veg/treekey/treestart.htm



Tree ID- University of Michigan Extension, this site gives you several ways to identify trees

http://uptreeid.com/



National Arbor Day Foundation

 tree guide

http://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/

Inter active animation that teaches you how to identify trees. This is fun they give you a mystery tree and walk you thorough how to identify it.

www.arborday.org/trees/treeID.cfm

Here's another helpful site- University of Illinois
http://woodyplants.nres.uiuc.edu/


Horse Chestnut page ---Herbarium- Trees of Wisconsin site--this site also has a key you can follow to help you identify what kind of tree you might have.
http://www.uwgb.edu/biodiversity/herbarium/trees/aeship01.htm


Here's another tree key site

http://www.uwsp.edu/cnr/leaf/Treekey/tkframe.htm


Ohio trees index

http://www.dnr.ohio.gov/forestry/trees/default.htm

[KarenCharin0]

Today I ran across this site about how to tell apart different nuts and other information about the care of the nut trees.

http://www.northernnutgrowers.org/experts.htm



NORTHERN NUT GROWERS ASSOCIATION, INC.


Growing Chestnut Trees

http://www.northernnutgrowers.org/faqchest.htm

[KarenCharin0]

I found another place where you can identify a tree by it's leaves at about.com. tree key

http://forestry.about.com/library/treekey/bltree_key_id_start.htm