What kind of tree is this?

[Ichneumon]

The question is simple. I want to know what kind of tree this is.

I'm confused by the white wool-like substance it produces.

Sorry for the image sizes.

http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/420/img0022.jpg

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3127/img0024we.jpg
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5417/img0025z.jpg

Thanks!

[Serpentine]

We have the same trees, or something similar. The "wool" is their seeds, and apparently people used to stuff pillows with it. Alas, I can't remember the name of the plant...

edit: They appear to be poplars (http://www.google.com.au/images?hl=en&rls=com.microsoft:*&rlz=1I7ADRA_en&q=poplar%20tree&um=1&ie=UTF-8&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi).

[Temotei]

My friend would kill me for not knowing this. Good thing I do now. :smallcool:

[raitalin]

Yeah, I agree with the poplar assessment, more specifically a poplar in the Cottonwood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_sect._Aegiros) family.

Here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populus_sect._Aegiros) is a nifty tool for future identification.

[Manga Shoggoth]

Vox poplar, vox Dei, then?

[Ichneumon]

Thanks all! That was really quick. I'm learning to identify different species of trees, but that one wasn't on my list and it really puzzled me.

[The Succubus]

Is it one of these epileptic trees I've heard so much about?

[Mauve Shirt]

How to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKVXG3DV-I)

[randman22222]

How to recognize different types of trees from quite a long way away. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRKVXG3DV-I)

Arrrr! Beat me to it. :smallbiggrin:

[BlueWizard]

Is it one of these epileptic trees I've heard so much about?

Do you mean Eucalyptus? And no if so.

[Inhuman Bot]

Do you mean Eucalyptus? And no if so.

No, he/she doesn't. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpilepticTrees)

[Erloas]

I didn't even need to see the picture to know you were talking about a cottonwood/poplar because of the description. There are however many different types and I really couldn't say which type of poplar it is.

[purple gelatinous cube o' Doom]

@ Ichneumon, If you want to give your email address by PM, I can scan the tree ID guide I got from college (turfgrass science major/environmental science minor and did take a class IDing woody plants trees and shrubs, but think I got my guide from a turf prof) and send it to you. It's a pretty simple one, but it is quite good. I'd have to find it first since it's in a box somewhere, but once I do, it would be pretty easy since it's just sheets in a 3 ring binder.

[Eldan]

No, he/she doesn't. (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/EpilepticTrees)

Well, considering that there's at least one which is called the "shaking poplar" in german (Populus tremula), epileptic tree isn't too far away.