This pixelated leaf I found - r/interestingasfuck

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/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/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...