Tree Identification - Northeastern Hardwoods

I spent some time in Western New York's Letchworth State Park showing how to I.D. the red oak, white oak, black cherry, soft maple, hard maple, white ash, basswood, beech, aspen, cucumbertree, tulip poplar, bitternut hickory, shagbark hickory, and sycamore.

[christinehaslam]

Anyone else taking notes...??? LoL
Could literally watch these vids all day...

[elizardw]

This is the best tree identification video I have ever seen. I've been waiting years for such an informative, gorgeous, and respectful film like this. Thank you.

[Fabio_Costa_Music]

1:22 Red Oak (Quercus rubra)
4:15 White Oak (Quercus alba)
5:53 Black Cherry Tree (Prunus serotina)
7:19 Soft Maple (Acer Rubrum)
11:00 Hard Maple (Acer saccharum)
13:15 White Ash (Fraxinus americana)
15:25 Basswood (Tilia americana)
16:23 Beech (Fagus)
19:43 Aspen (Populus tremuloides)
20:56 Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuminata)
22:03 Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera)
23:20 Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis)
24:16 Shegbark Hickory (Carya ovat)a
25:15 Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis)

[Thee-_-Outlier]

Bro that maple ash or dogwood alternate trig's technique is so great for me as a novice to narrow things down. Thank you so much

[hoagieman]

I watched a bunch of tree ID videos and these are easily the best. Thanks

[tomnunya]

Can't thank you enough for this video, trying to learn tree id basics and by far the best source I've found to this point! Much appreciated!

[lendavidhart]

Those feild cherrys, smell so sweet when they are split, and nothing smells better when burnt. Thank you for posting and sharing.

[TheRogermursick]

Thank you very much Mr. Collin. Nice job. Concise and to the point. And sans intro music. Perfect! Very informative.

[LaBucci]

Here I am in my California apt watching a almost 30 min video of Northeastern hardwoods, but I love it! Thanks for the video! Makes me want to go out to my local forests and find out about our native trees in California

[tharb]

Who would dislike such a nice video?! Thank you for sharing.

[marbleman]

Hello, Peter...I live here in North Central Arkansas and I enjoyed this video. I moved here after living in Dallas for nearly 20 years and knew very little about tree identification. Oh, I knew a Cedar from a Pine and I knew a Cottonwood from living along the Mississippi River when I was a kid, but I knew very little about Oaks and so many other hardwood & softwood trees. So, right after I moved here I took a tree identification course at the local Community College that was taught by a Forester . I soaked up as much as I could and got a good, beginners knowledge about the trees that grow in this area. I am forever thankful for that course and the Forester. I have Red & White Oak trees in my yard, along with about 7 or 8 other species as well and I love it.!! I really like my White Oaks...the bark actually looks a lot 'whiter' compared to the Red Oaks, especially the older ones and after a rain, and I like the overall branch structure of the White's over the Red's. But I love all of my trees. Thank you for your videos.

[PapajosTraders]

Have spent many hours hiking in that park and have even 'white water rafted' the gorge a few times. And did you know Letchworth has one of the healthiest Timber rattlesnake populations in the state! Great tree indent. vid by the way!

[YouTuber-epxx]

Thanks. Enjoyed it. Interesting that the bark on trees there in the deep woods in NY tends to look differently here in Minn. The northern red oak bark in particular looks different here - much chunkier here. Same for our sugar maple.

[PaulSchortemeyer]

You have an excellent way of presenting this information... thank you! I am utterly jealous of your knowledge in the area of trees.

[KarlBunker]

Good video and very clear. I'll be watching it a bunch more times to try to drum all the info into my head.

[benjamingrezik]

Fascinating. Here In Oregon we have "Big Leaf Maple" a Hard maple & "Vine Maple" a soft maple.

[sfn]

I'd like to walk around the woods with you. Thank you for the video, sir!

[iXavieri]

Getting a wood stove installed in my house and starting to look on my land for hardwood trees I can utilize. Your video helped me find the trees I want and stay away from the trees I don’t. Thank you sir.

[josephrsmith]

I live in the Catskill mountains of new York . I'm trying to figure out hardwoods and softwood for primitive fire making with my daughter. I've learned a bit, but I need more study I guess. Great job, and thanks for your awesome video.

[jamisgood]

This is awesome! Thank you. I wish I could walk around the woods with this guy a couple times.