- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
Tree ID help (update I think I killed it / maybe not)
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:13 pm
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:13 pm
I have a few of these in the drainage easement behind my lot. Are they Bay Laurels?
This post was edited on 11/15/20 at 4:20 pm
6
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:30 pm to tilco
Hard to see, but if the branching appears to be opposite and not alternate, it would be an ash variable. Also, put your fingernail into the bark, if it feels kind of “corky”, then it’s an ash.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:32 pm to tilco
Oh yeah, if it’s a bay, the leaves will have a distinct smell.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:34 pm to tilco
Appears to be. Send a closeup of a leaf, and pull that muscadine out.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 7:40 pm to tilco
Looks like sweet bay magnolia - but I’ve been wrong already once today on a tree iD. Are they producing any small white flowers with a bit off a lemon smell?
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:16 pm to tilco
What vine is that up in it? Muscadine?
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:22 pm to tigerfoot
I have no idea. Thanks for the interest folks. I’ll get back there tomorrow and look at the branches and take a close up pick of the leaves.
I’ll check on the vine too.
I’ll check on the vine too.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 8:34 pm to tilco
the vine is a a muscadine
Posted on 4/30/20 at 9:18 pm to CrawDude
Agree with sweetbay magnolia, Magnolia virginiana. Undersides of the leaves will be silvery. Ours here in FL Panhandle bloomed a couple of weeks ago.
The vine (Vitus rotundifolia, aka muscadine or scuppernong) isn't going to hurt anything...no need to bother with it. Provides colorful fall foliage and the birds will feast on the fruit.
The vine (Vitus rotundifolia, aka muscadine or scuppernong) isn't going to hurt anything...no need to bother with it. Provides colorful fall foliage and the birds will feast on the fruit.
Posted on 4/30/20 at 9:42 pm to shell01
I had to rip my muscadine out. It was getting into my oak trees and choking them out.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:47 am to shell01
Here’s a close up of the leaves. I haven’t seen any flowers yet.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 9:57 am to tilco
I’m almost certain that is sweet bay magnolia - given the sliverish green underside of the leaf. It’s quite attractive when the wind blows and you see the underside of those silverfish green moving around. Sweetbay magnolia is a native tree, and is a Louisiana Superplant. LINK
I have 2 I planted 3 years ago to replace a couple River Birches that had finally reached an age where they began to look bad and were in poor health.
I have 2 I planted 3 years ago to replace a couple River Birches that had finally reached an age where they began to look bad and were in poor health.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 10:10 am to tilco
Definitely looks like sweet bay magnolia.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:28 am to CrawDude
How do y’all think it would do if I transplanted it to my yard? There are several 8-10 ft ones I could move.
Does it take a few years for them to blossom? I just never noticed the white flowers.
Does it take a few years for them to blossom? I just never noticed the white flowers.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:38 am to tilco
quote:
How do y’all think it would do if I transplanted it to my yard?
they are sensitive (like all evergreens) to transplant shock. you certainly could give it a try, get some help though because you'll want to get as much of the root ball as you can
when i lived in mandeville there dozens of small ones all up in the woods behind me but i never could get one to take after i dug them up
Posted on 5/1/20 at 11:47 am to tilco
quote:
How do y’all think it would do if I transplanted it to my yard? There are several 8-10 ft ones I could move.
Does it take a few years for them to blossom? I just never noticed the white flowers.
You could give it a try if they they are that small, but I would wait until the winter to do it. But what I would now would pick out the ones I wanted to move and go to them cut a circular pattern with a shovel around them of a sufficient root ball dia (what they do on tree farms for ball & burlaped trees). That’s largely to impair continued root growth this summer and make it easier to remove them and transplant them in the winter.
If the trees are that small, they may be too young to flower. But the flowers are pretty small and really don’t stand out like on southern magnolias, so if you’re not looking for them they are easy to miss.
My two sweetbay magnolias were 30 gal container plants about 10 to 12 ft tall when I bought them, they are easily 20 to 25 feet tall now, 3 years later.
Posted on 5/1/20 at 12:41 pm to CrawDude
Thanks for your help everyone. I’ll work on picking one to move and do it later this year. Our backyard is empty and plan on landscaping it this fall/early winter.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 4:38 pm to tilco
Ok so I got over zealous and picked a small one 7-8 ft to move four weeks ago. I got all of the root ball and transplanted it to my back yard. I watered daily for the first two weeks then every other day after that.
Two days ago the leaves started yellowing and today they are all brown. Is it done for? Is there a chance it could come back in the spring?
Two days ago the leaves started yellowing and today they are all brown. Is it done for? Is there a chance it could come back in the spring?
Posted on 11/10/20 at 5:47 pm to tilco
quote:
Two days ago the leaves started yellowing and today they are all brown. Is it done for? Is there a chance it could come back in the spring?
Maybe not, sounds like transplant shock. What you need to do is lightly scratch back the bark in locations along limbs and the trunk and if you see green underneath the bark (cambium layer) the tree is alive. Now you may lose some branches between now and spring because you removed so much of the root ball but that would be expected. Just keep checking it every now and then until spring. Cut back on your watering - maybe once per week max in the absence of rain.
Posted on 11/10/20 at 6:44 pm to CrawDude
Thanks. I’ll give it a look tomorrow. Hopefully it makes it. I really like the tree. If not I guess I’ll go hunt down another and try again.
Page 1 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News