Tree identification

[leigti]

Hello, I was wondering what type of tree this is. and if anybody knows what those lighter green leaves are to the right that would be nice to know also. I thought they were bamboo but I'm probably wrong.

 

[mike taylor]

Need a closeup of the leaves. Looks like a white oak .

 

[leigti]

Need a closeup of the leaves. Looks like a white oak .

is this close enough? If not I'll go take a close-up.

 

[domalle]

Hello, I was wondering what type of tree this is.View attachment 133244 and if anybody knows what those lighter green leaves are to the right that would be nice to know also. I thought they were bamboo but I'm probably wrong.

It's a moderately sized green one.
But seriously, a leaf is necessary to make an ID.
But I don't think it's a white oak, Quercus alba, at least not a northern one.
The lighter leaves to the right of the frame are a Catalpa.
I believe it's a legume.
This is all predicated on if the picture was taken in a temperate zone, not a tropical one.

 

[domalle]

View attachment 133280 is this close enough? If not I'll go take a close-up.

Oh, you're in the northwest. It could be a Chinkapin Oak, Quercus muehlenbergii.
So Mike is correct. The Chinkapin Oak is in the White Oak taxonomic section.

 

[leigti]

here's a close up of both leaves. Big and green is about all I can ever figure out about a plant. does anybody know if either of these are edible for a Russian tortoise?

 

[mike taylor]

Oak leaves are toxic while green ,but dried ones will not harm your tortoises . I keep them raked up .

 

[leigti]

Oak leaves are toxic while green ,but dried ones will not harm your tortoises . I keep them raked up .

Okay thanks. The leaves don't fall in the tortoise pan. The tree is in my neighbors yard but is encroaching on my fence. And it keeps sending out dozens of little baby trees. I'm constantly trying to get rid of them.

 

[Iochroma]

To me the one in the main part of the pic is clearly an elm - Ulmus. The one on the right with the lighter leaves is probably a Catalpa.

 

[leigti]

Well heck. Elm probably isn't safe for tortoises either so I guess it doesn't matter. I'll look the other one up.