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Get $10 if you tell me what is the tree at Lehigh...

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schoes
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I'm wondering what type of tree is in front of the Packard Lab at Lehigh University. It's the one on the left in this picture
and on the left in this pic too.

Don't ask why, I want real answers and they will be checked.


Dec 18 2011 4:54PM
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mmmpoundcake
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willow
Dec 18 2011 4:55PM
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Culla
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Do you have any pictures of the leaves? It might be a maple of some kind, but you should post a picture of the leaves.
Dec 18 2011 4:57PM
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imajew
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weeping willow
Dec 18 2011 4:58PM
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schoes
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I don't have a pic of any leaves. I think it's the same as the two one in the front of this house.
Dec 18 2011 5:01PM
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iFlip
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The provided pictures make a positive identification impossible. I know my trees, and I can assure you with 100% certainty that it is NOT a willow. It is either a maple or an oak. My first instinct would be that it is a Red Maple, Acer rubrum.
Dec 18 2011 5:07PM
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Mr.Turtle
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woah that house is like 5mins away from me
Dec 18 2011 5:08PM
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schoes
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same here...

Dec 18 2011 5:09PM
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pimpcat
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I think he's talking about the smaller tree in the shade...
Dec 18 2011 5:12PM
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schoes
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yeah it's totally not a willow. I thought oak too, idk about maple cause i can't find a picture of it with bright red leaves, but it's still a possibility
Dec 18 2011 5:14PM
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2_fadez
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Pretty sure its a willow oak. Can't tell by the leaves though
Dec 18 2011 5:15PM
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schoes
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this might be impossible without a leaf or any seeds, but maybe it's a pine.
This?
Dec 18 2011 5:17PM
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Darth.Maul
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Twisted youngii birch...




Theres one in my front yard
Dec 18 2011 5:18PM
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crab_pretzel
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idk. just saw lehigh and decided to take a look cuz its my first choice for college... cool tree
Dec 18 2011 5:20PM
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schoes
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I'm pretty sure you sir just made yourself some money. Pm me
Dec 18 2011 5:21PM
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penguin_steeze
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have tree in yard = profit $$$$
Dec 18 2011 5:22PM
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schoes
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haaha same here..
Dec 18 2011 5:24PM
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dprice21
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looks like a weeping birch. kinda hard to tell from the shitty pictures though.
Dec 18 2011 7:54PM
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*simba*
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Hold up...Lehigh in PA?
I go to school not 10 minutes from there.
Dec 18 2011 7:59PM
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schoes
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dude if only you answered a little sooner. I decided on a weeping birch/Twisted youngii birch which Fushaw answered earlier today, he got the $10...put ++k to you for confirmation

Dec 18 2011 10:38PM
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kevmac
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ha that made my day i remember when i watched spongebob like 8 years ago
Dec 19 2011 9:13PM
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TallerThanThou
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Whomping Willow?

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Dec 19 2011 9:17PM
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corona
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I wouldn't be hasty going with this. He's definitely on the right track, but it might be any other cultivar of the European silver birch.  There's maybe half a dozen or more and some of them look very similar from a distance. Also this subspecies isn't a very common one.

But almost definitely what would be called a 'weeping birch' in US, to find out better go get a leaf.  First off if it has very pronounced lobes then it's the cutleaf variety. Probably a few other names for it.

That's about all I know about it.  online is generally a terrible source for this stuff. Go to the library and get a good tree book.
Dec 19 2011 9:38PM
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TZA.
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its an apple tree
Dec 19 2011 10:00PM
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Peter.
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any reason for needing to know what type of tree it is?
Dec 19 2011 10:12PM
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EricaMN.
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weird. i clicked thinking "willow" and turns out i was fairly close
Dec 19 2011 10:25PM
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DirtyDan
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Uhh shit. I took a tour there not a month ago, and I could have sworn the tour guide talked about that tree being really special or some shit. Can't remember the name. Maybe that was Lafayette actually... Idk
Dec 19 2011 10:29PM
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schoes
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Thanks for all the insight guys. I went with weeping birch/twisted birch.
Why you say? Cause I really wanted to know and I know what money can do.
Dec 19 2011 10:48PM
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crab_pretzel
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hmmm i dont beleive you. i feel like there was a contest or something that was like $50 to whoever can say what type of tree this is. we wont be mad, is this the truth???
Dec 19 2011 11:10PM
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Will.T
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i was just waiting for someone to post this ! k+
Dec 19 2011 11:13PM
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bangarangmules
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lol made my night. +k.


no embedding but:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSzOXtXm8p0
Dec 19 2011 11:21PM
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schoes
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hahhaa no i'm not flipping profits.
I visited Lehigh in the summer and I remember seeing this tree and how cool it looks with the building and such and I was talking to my uncle who went there and he said he didn't know so then I got really interested in it.
Dec 20 2011 2:36PM
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henrytargett
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its a money tree... too bad this pic was taken the day after I cleaned that bitch out
Dec 20 2011 2:43PM
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