r/interestingasfuck • u/ThumYorky • 26d ago

This pixelated leaf I found /r/ALL

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u/ThumYorky 26d ago edited 26d ago

100 points to whoever can name the species! (I'm in Eastern NA)

Edit: those guessing elms are very close! Used to be in the elm family

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u/UlteriorMoas 26d ago

I think it is a Georgia Hackberry (Celtic tenuifolia).

I have one in my yard in the SE US! It also has a mosaic virus, and looks nearly identical to your picture.

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u/ThumYorky 26d ago

Correct genus!!! Different species

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u/HeartOfYukonGold 26d ago

Looks to me like a hackberry, C. occidentalis! I’m not great with woody species out of my state though!

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u/ThumYorky 26d ago

Ding ding ding! Winner

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u/HeartOfYukonGold 26d ago

Woohoo! They are such a lovely tree, I love their bark.

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u/byingling 26d ago

I'd say you do pretty well. If a walnut falls on my head, I'm pretty sure I'm not standing under an oak tree. And I know what a maple leaf looks like. Beyond that...

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u/DarkSpectrum 25d ago

You have a superpower, that's awesome

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u/f_n_a_ 26d ago

I think it may have mosaic virus whatever it is

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u/CreatrixAnima 26d ago

I’ve never heard of that before this thread.

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u/CreatrixAnima 26d ago

I would’ve guessed the Birch, but I don’t know.

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u/ecrow6990 26d ago

Gf said slippery elm!

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u/AstridDragon 26d ago

Some kind of elm maybe?

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u/DJBunBun 26d ago

Like /u/AstridDragon said, it looks like an elm of some kind.

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u/Wermhat69420 26d ago

Given that the leaf still looks healthy, even though a bit nibbled, I think it might just be variegation.