Help Identifying trees

jackmickelberg(deceased)

Hey!

I found a great site to help with tree identification. It's:

http://www.arborday.org/trees/ECstart.html

You answer questions, and it tells you what kind of tree you have!

Capt. Jack

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Eeks. *I tried that database with a few known bonsai:

According to the Wizard, those Japanese White Pines I imported are actually "Eastern White Pine" * My Black Pines are "Jack Pine."

My California Juniper and Hinoki Cypress are both actually "Southern White Cedar." *My Chinese Elms are "Russian Olives"

Who woulda thunk!

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Jose_Alberto

my Flandeyant and my Jacarandas were (the closest match) a silk tree... But, it is nice, at least it brings you close to the family... or not?

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zeb

I tried it too and appareantly silver birch is a mulberry, [i:ab2d3f0316]Juniperus communis[/i:ab2d3f0316] is an eastern hemlock and boxwood is a quacking aspen.
I didn't know these either, I guess.


Zeb

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Bonsainut

I got similar results to youse guys. Think we should tell them?
They seem to think they are the keepers of all knowledge of trees. Might hurt their feelings.

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I think the difficulty is

1) there are not a huge number of trees in the database there. *Somewhere around 65.

2) and the trees that are listed are (predominantly) North American natives or naturalized species, and probably only a handful are *commonly* used for bonsai. *I marked those that I have even seen as bonsai in bold

Here are the species I was able to find by running to the bottom of most of the lists. *I missed the Quaking Aspen, so I may have missed a few.

The idea is inspiring though. *Maybe we could make a similar one for the most common bonsai plants, of which there are probably only about 50-60 species, but mostly entirely different ones!

Conifers

Pines
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Eastern Hemlock
[b:cd8b311ea1]Tamarack[/b:cd8b311ea1]
[b:cd8b311ea1]Eastern Larch[/b:cd8b311ea1]
Eastern White Pine
Pitch Pine
Longleaf Pine
Lobolly Pine
[b:cd8b311ea1]Jack Pine[/b:cd8b311ea1]
[b:cd8b311ea1]Scotch Pine[/b:cd8b311ea1]
Ponderosa Pine
Slash Pine
Scrub Pine
Shortleaf Pine

Spruces
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Norway Spruce
[b:cd8b311ea1]Colorado Blue Spruce[/b:cd8b311ea1]

[b:cd8b311ea1]Baldcypress[/b:cd8b311ea1]

Firs
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Eastern Fir
Balsam Fir
Douglas Fir
Tracer Fir?
can't read my own writing Fir

[b:cd8b311ea1]Arborvitae[/b:cd8b311ea1]

Cedars
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[b:cd8b311ea1]Atlantic Cedar[/b:cd8b311ea1]
Red Cedar

[b:cd8b311ea1]Ginkgo[/b:cd8b311ea1]

Deciduous Trees

Maples
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Striped Maple
Red Maple
Silver Maplle

Catalpa
[b:cd8b311ea1]Dogwood[/b:cd8b311ea1]

Poplars
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Yellow Poplar
Tulip Poplar

Tulip Tree
Red Mulberry
White Mulberry
Sassafrass

[b:cd8b311ea1]Washington Hawthorn[/b:cd8b311ea1]
[b:cd8b311ea1]Crabapple[/b:cd8b311ea1]

[b:cd8b311ea1]Oaks[/b:cd8b311ea1]
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English White Oak
Post Oak
Burr Oak
Swamp White Oak
Overcup Oak
Southern Red Oak
Water Oak

[b:cd8b311ea1]Sweetgum[/b:cd8b311ea1]
American Sycamore
London Plane Tree

Kentucky Coffee Tree
White Poplar
Honey Locust
[b:cd8b311ea1]Mimosa Silk Tree[/b:cd8b311ea1]
Golden Raintree
Boxelder
Yellow Buckey
Ohio Buckeye
Horsechestnut
Yellowwood
Japanese Pagoda Tree
Black Locust
American Mountain Ash
European Mountain Ash

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zeb

I just wanted to add this to the list:

[b:f7c9c18668]Scotch pine[/b:f7c9c18668] - Very common in northern Europe

[b:f7c9c18668]Atlantic cedar[/b:f7c9c18668] - I know nothing about this species, but you can see it in Peter Chan's "Bonsai - The Art of Growing and Keeping Miniature Trees"


Zeb

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TreeBay

Sorry, my list were the ones I found on that Tree Identifier site, not examples of popular bonsai trees.

Just wanted to clear that up!

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zeb

Yes, I understood that, but I just added that the scotch pine and the atlantic cedar are also used for bonsai. They are in your species list, but they are not bold.
Sorry, if this was confusing.


Zeb

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