Trees, Shrubs and Conifers: Tree identification, 1 by harmony58

harmony58 wrote:
I guess I should mention we were lucky. Our region just went through one of the worst ice storms on record. The beauty was luminous but deadly. It sounded like we lived in the middle of a firing range for about three day with all the falling trees and limbs coming down. We didn't lose anything but small branches from the above tulip tree. Friends all around the area however lost entire trees. It looks like a war zone. This pix used to be a gorgeous ornamental pear that ended up looking like a peeled banana. (One of the reasons I won't plant them - the smell in the spring is the other reason.)