How To Identify Trees From A Distance

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[amy]

Thank you, Adam. My daughters and I have been watching and learning from you for some ten years now. You’ve really added to our educational life. Thank you kindly, dear friend. I appreciate you so much. 🤗

[outbackwack]

You are by far my favorite learning channel for all things nature. Thank you for your expertise and generosity!

[direwolf]

retired forest engineer & district conservationist - nice video that outlined the process for analyzing forest details .. a skill that folks who work in the field obtain through exposure & experience .. would suggest you introduce your audience to the usda conservation service soil surveys for their county which is one of the most detailed and accurate scientific documents available to people really interested in understanding local ecology .. it's all about the soil where the organic & inorganic meet ...

[chezmoi]

Thanks, Adam, a very timely video to watch before I head out to join my Bota group for an outing to - learn to identify trees!

[riannon]

In Quebec in french we call Aspens "Trembles" which translates to "shakes" or "shivers" 💛🌳

[gigistrus]

Excellent presentation and sharing of knowledge.

[JHaven-lglj]

I’m proud that my initial reaction to the bright yellow leaves on the mostly grey-brown hillside was aspen, and I love that you’ve now explained how that was my subconscious judgement.
I love learning this kind of thing from you, thank you!

[timothypachonka]

Great stuff! Title made me think of Monty Python. They have an episode with almost the exact phrase as a running gag. How to identify trees from a long ways away. “Number three: the larch. The larch.”. Will save!

[benmonette]

In my neck of the woods, west of Toronto Ontario: the one tree that still had yellow leaves on its branches in November was a surprise. Like in the video, I know the land was an old homestead and the leaves were unlike any native tree I’ve ever seen. The leaf was smaller than basswood. Not as heart shaped as large toothed aspen, or cottonwood. Until I found a small tree with the heaviest looking fruit hanging like Christmas ornaments! As big as a softball yellow like a golden delicious.
Osage-orange! Not native but naturalized, by settlers, used as natural fencing for its barbed branches. The little encounter enriched my whole hiking experience✨

[murderduck]

One of my favourite channels, I adore all of the mushroom and fungi videos

[KarlBunker]

Great video. In my part of Maine at this time of year you can pick out the tamarack trees from miles away. Every other tree is either green because it's an evergreen, or brown and leafless. But the tamaracks are a beautiful blazing yellow.

[anais]

Hey Adam,
I asked myself this same exact question about the late yellowing trees on the way home from work yesterday! I'm also in PA, the north central province where the ridge and valleys meet the Allegheny plateau. They were on a north facing slope with a history of logging and road disturbance so I figured Norway maple or big tooth Aspen as well. My favorite thing to do on road trips as a passenger is spot the species as we're driving by on the highway and guess at the ecology of the area.

As a forager, distant tree identification is an incredibly useful skill to share with people and I feel like an entire playlist could be dedicated to this topic. Especially to discuss the "character" of each tree in different seasons and to compare the species which exemplify opposite extremes of a characteristic.

For example, black walnut twigs- which are thick and few per branch- versus birch and beech- fine and dense like hair by comparison, and hickory which is like black walnut thickness but at the density of an oak.

Or in summer- the uniform dangling blue grey clusters of northern red oak contrast against the dense billowy broccoli shapes of a sugar maple. And silver maple's long reaching prong-shaped branches are unmistakable in a bottom land habitat, with red maple showing characteristics of both silver and sugar maple equally.

All this can be spotted very far away and can tell us so much. Thank you for teaching it!

[terryqueen]

When I was a land surveyor we had to know trees but we were never taught this particular well I want to say talent because it is a talent but we were never taught this way to identify trees at a distance this is extremely important in surveying especially in locating some corners and even property lines. Thanks so much Adam this is fantastic I really do enjoy this although I don't survey anymore it still helpful at least for me because I'm still interested in trees Etc. Thanks again for the video Adam stay s vigilant!

[tactfulredneck]

Hey bro this is what I need your an absolute boss love your spirit and passion you have the best YouTube channel Noone is as informative and entertaining as learn your land
Thanks Adam 😊

[hhcamey]

Thanks for the tree ID lesson, from a distance.
I live in NW Florida. Many of our trees stay green all the time.
However we have a few species that shed their leaves.
Such as oaks.
Thanks again! Enjoy your vids!

[arboristBlairGlenn]

I like your editing style. I realize that I need to put more effort into my creative edits. Thanks Adam. Not knowing East Coast trees it is interesting to see the differences.

[joshadams]

Glad to get a little information on how to start learning the trees in my area. I forgot to sign up for the class last month so this is great.

[jenntek.]

Aspen trees grow fairly fast.
They also have flat stems that connect to the twig; that is why they flutter.
I knew it was an Aspen as soon as I saw the pic.
Correct about old strip mines and Aspen.
Nice video.
I didn't realize that Aspen were one of the last to drop their leaves.
:)

[michellebarnhill]

I've already saved this video to my playlist! What a valuable thing to learn!

[SBY.]

Thank you so much. You make learning easy.