Winter Tree Identification Part I: Easy to ID Trees

Identifying trees in the winter without the benefit of seeing their leaves? A fun challenge! A few trees have distinctive "nametag" characteristics but many others require observation with a hand magnifier coupled with a written guide to determine their identity. Learn secrets to identifying many Iowa trees during the dormant season so that you can all the more appreciate them when they "wake up" in the spring, already knowing what they will be. In Part I, we cover major tree features you can use for identification such as color and texture of the bark and overall tree shape. Part II will cover minor tree features such as site conditions and twig detail. Sponsored by Des Moines Park and Recreation.

[@mike-yp1uk]

Thx excellent video and many good details. The variety of trees make nature so beautiful

[@ericwilcox5925]

I wish I had that much knowledge to use on my property, but I'll keep researching and learn as much as I can. Thanks for sharing.

[@suning2942]

Excellent education program! Please continue with Spring Trees Identification. Thank you!

[@CarolineHooks]

Thank you! I've never noticed the seed pods on sycamore. They're beautiful!

[@Kerrr1986]

Thank you so much, I think you have helped me identify a tree that has intrigued me on my walks with the dug. The cotton Wood. :)

[@boomer3150]

Great tree!

[@GeneralMills66]

Thanks for the great video!

[@ericaquint1895]

Thank you for this informative video!

[@TonyInTopeka]

Very interesting vid! Thanks for posting.

[@kan-zee]

I know you did this video many years ago (2010)..but still, I am grateful to view your video. and add its unique knowledge and interesting history. Thank you, enjoy your day.

[@boomer3150]

I still love it. Love the lady and her presentation.

[@lestattt100]

very nice thank you much!

[@308Win609]

recap is a good teaching tool

[@Simplemansnature]

Great job! Very Informative.

[@JimmyHagar]

That's some good firewood to that Locust

[@Lucypriceurmom153]

Thanks from the Cape Cod Mushroom Club

[@woodbarter5713]

Black locust can also grow thorns on branches and the trunk, not just Honeylocust. Either species can produce thorns, or not.

[@timothydickinson1470]

The black locust thorns are not the same as those of honey locust and I have never seen the black locust produce thorn clusters like that of the honey, that is one of the best ways to differentiate between the two species

[@woodbarter5713]

blacklocust do certainly have clusters of thorns - at least here in Texas. I just recently harvested some for a woodworking artist in Michigan. both blacklocust and honey locust species can grow clusters and also single thorns on the branches and even the trunk, or have no thorns at all.

[@timothydickinson1470]

Hmm I have yet to see a thorn cluster on a black look remotely like a honey, I will have to do some more research into this

[@boomer3150]

@@timothydickinson1470 So, have you?

[@timothydickinson1470]

@woodbarter5713 the honey locusts without thorns are a genetically modified version known as shade locusts. If your black locusts have the same thorns as honeylocusts it kust be some variant we've never had in the Midwest or ontario because I nor any of my arborist colleagues have seen this

[@markburton6522]

great information but the traffic noise is unbearable

[@jonhohensee3258]

Does she keep saying "leafs"?

[@RussNo1]

You mention seeds and buds that animals eat. We'd be more interested in what humans can eat.