Beech Tree Leaves

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jul 19, 2014

I stuffed this branch in my pocket while jogging. It was attached to what looked like a Beech Tree in a yard. This is not the kind in my back yard growing wild! lol.

All I could get were the leaves, sorry. Any idea what this is?

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jul 19, 2014

Not a Beech (Fagus sp.)...

I think you plucked those leaves off of a Hornbeam (Carpinus sp.) - though clearer focus on the pics would help, as would details of the buds.

I know it is too late to cluck about images of the whole tree...

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jul 19, 2014

Cool! I'll have to go back with my camera (an excuse to jog too)

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Resin Northumberland, United Kingdom(Zone 9a) Jul 19, 2014

I'm thinking Zelkova serrata

Resin

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jul 19, 2014

Wouldn't argue with that, and didn't wish to strenuously dispute the Beech comparison...

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neefman East Bridgewater, MA Jul 21, 2014

This tree is indeed a zelkova. It's leaves were so much darker than what I've used to seeing it through me, but it had the characteristic trunk shape and orange/pink flaking. Very smooth bark though, which had me thinking beech. I took a few pics I'll post in a while.

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ViburnumValley Scott County, KY(Zone 5b) Jul 21, 2014

Beech bark doesn't flake - at least for the first hundred years or so...

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