[SoPoHunter]

 

[NRA]

A better picture would help.

 

[timberdoodle]

yes

 

[SoPoHunter]

I'd love to provide a better pic but this is what I've got. Maybe someone can enlarge it or lighten it.

 

[Buk_Huntir]

 

[Buk_Huntir]

I originally thought it was a small ash tree but I dont think so anymore. What type of forest is this plant growing in?

 

[ACEarcher]

A young Hickory? Can't tell.

 

[SoPoHunter]

This is growing in a select cut forest in Potter County.

 

[SoPoHunter]

The same plant minutes later. Whatever it is they like it.

 

[Dobsonknob]

Cant tell

 

[NRA]

Beech tree?

 

[SoPoHunter]

I have no idea what it is. I hope someone can identify it. As an obvious preferred deer browse I'd like to start looking for it while scouting. Just need to know what it is.

 

[Anderson]

they sure don't prefer beech.

If there is a way to get a better photo, you'll get better answers.

 

[SoPoHunter]

That is the only photo of it still standing .

 

[Buk_Huntir]

That is the only photo of it still standing .

Its hard to determine a species for a shoddy photo with no additional information. Is a N,S,E,W facing slope? On a ridge, wetland, ravine, field edge? What other species are growing with it Maple/Ash Oak/Hickory? Beech/Poplar? What other understory plants are around? How long ago was the selective cut?

 

[SoPoHunter]

Was just hoping someone would know from the picture. I don't know any of the details, its not my land. Was hoping to find out all of this information by determining what type of plant that was. Sapling Hickory seems possible.

 

[Fleroo]

What you witnessed happen probably gives a good indication as to why those hills are chock-full of ferns.

 

[SoPoHunter]

No doubt, the 3 deer that still live there sure are eating well. lol

 

[SterlingRunSlink]

Cucumber

 

[Dobsonknob]

Looking at again if you say it was a tree might be a Fraser magnolia tree