This is the best tree identification video I have ever seen. I've been waiting years for such an informative, gorgeous, and respectful film like this. Thank you.

1:22 Red Oak (Quercus rubra) 4:15 White Oak (Quercus alba) 5:53 Black Cherry Tree (Prunus serotina) 7:19 Soft Maple (Acer Rubrum) 11:00 Hard Maple (Acer saccharum) 13:15 White Ash (Fraxinus americana) 15:25 Basswood (Tilia americana) 16:23 Beech (Fagus) 19:43 Aspen (Populus tremuloides) 20:56 Cucumber Tree (Magnolia acuminata) 22:03 Tulip Poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera) 23:20 Bitternut Hickory (Carya cordiformis) 24:16 Shegbark Hickory (Carya ovat)a 25:15 Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Part 2: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iMVonamqv9nPon0.html

Can't thank you enough for this video, trying to learn tree id basics and by far the best source I've found to this point! Much appreciated!

Thank you very much Mr. Collin. Nice job. Concise and to the point. And sans intro music. Perfect! Very informative.

Bro that maple ash or dogwood alternate trig's technique is so great for me as a novice to narrow things down. Thank you so much

Here I am in my California apt watching a almost 30 min video of Northeastern hardwoods, but I love it! Thanks for the video! Makes me want to go out to my local forests and find out about our native trees in California

Hello, Peter...I live here in North Central Arkansas and I enjoyed this video. I moved here after living in Dallas for nearly 20 years and knew very little about tree identification. Oh, I knew a Cedar from a Pine and I knew a Cottonwood from living along the Mississippi River when I was a kid, but I knew very little about Oaks and so many other hardwood & softwood trees. So, right after I moved here I took a tree identification course at the local Community College that was taught by a Forester . I soaked up as much as I could and got a good, beginners knowledge about the trees that grow in this area. I am forever thankful for that course and the Forester. I have Red & White Oak trees in my yard, along with about 7 or 8 other species as well and I love it.!! I really like my White Oaks...the bark actually looks a lot 'whiter' compared to the Red Oaks, especially the older ones and after a rain, and I like the overall branch structure of the White's over the Red's. But I love all of my trees. Thank you for your videos.

Who would dislike such a nice video?! Thank you for sharing.

Those feild cherrys, smell so sweet when they are split, and nothing smells better when burnt. Thank you for posting and sharing.

You have an excellent way of presenting this information... thank you! I am utterly jealous of your knowledge in the area of trees.

Anyone else taking notes...??? LoL Could literally watch these vids all day...

Super well done video, thanks for making/sharing it!

I'm learning a lot watching your videos; they are GREAT! Thank you sir

Thanks for posting, good job explaining key points.

Trees don't get enough attention, I live in Boston and the history of the revolution and the beginnings of our nation involved trees, as a matter of fact the king of England had his men mark the tallest, straightest trees for the masts of his ships, this had a strong reaction from the local population, here's some king that's never stepped foot on this soil declaring he owns the trees, it was part of the revolution, we used trees for everything, buildings, fortresses, houses, trees are an intricate part of our lives, I'm sitting in my apt, built with wood from trees, great to see a show that shows our most useful forests. Thank you

Beautiful place. Great video. Thanks

Thank you for the video! I'm hoping to get in to bow making so being able to identify trees is a huge help.

This is awesome! Thank you. I wish I could walk around the woods with this guy a couple times.

Excellent information and very well presented. Thank you!

I live in the Catskill mountains of new York . I'm trying to figure out hardwoods and softwood for primitive fire making with my daughter. I've learned a bit , but I need more study I guess. Great job , and thanks for your awesome video.

Thank you Pete ! I love the forest and always saying to myself,, i gotta learn to identify trees !

Good video and very clear. I'll be watching it a bunch more times to try to drum all the info into my head.

Excellent video Dr. Peter!!

Thanks. Enjoyed it. Interesting that the bark on trees there in the deep woods in NY tends to look differently here in Minn. The northern red oak bark in particular looks different here - much chunkier here. Same for our sugar maple.

Best plant ID video I've ever seen. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

Awesome presentation. Sycamore balls make fun target practice for a boy with a .22 rifle. That was our Tannerite before we had Tannerite.🙂 I will add that beechwood provided my family with a good bit of monetary security. National Brush had a factory in Glasgow KY and produced wooden brush handles from the very dense hard wood. They didn't apply the bristles at that facility. They processed thousands of board feet of beech lumber into brush handles of all shapes annually. The plant had planers, edgers, molders, and shapers. Some of the machines were very high speed in order to achieve a smooth cut. They required special electrical power and motors for the high speed. My family had an electrical service business. We had someone in that factory nearly every day for ~50 years. Dad would bring pickup loads of the drop trimmings home to burn for heat. We also got sawdust and shavings for the chicken house. Very few wood brush handles now they are PLASTIC.

Fascinating. Here In Oregon we have "Big Leaf Maple" a Hard maple & "Vine Maple" a soft maple.

An awesome place - thanks for sharing

I hope you'll make more of these videos! Thank you for sharing your time & knowledge... Best videos I've seen on tree identification... The clarity of your video quality is awesome!!! I found what I thought was a red pine today & your other video confirmed it... Yay!

The best hardwood tree id video I've seen on KZfaq. Thanks!

I'd like to walk around the woods with you. Thank you for the video, sir!

Have spent many hours hiking in that park and have even 'white water rafted' the gorge a few times. And did you know Letchworth has one of the healthiest Timber rattlesnake populations in the state! Great tree indent. vid by the way!

Excellent video ! Thank you for making it

Great video! Thank you for making this and sharing your knowledge!

Excellent video. Very much appreciated.

Extremely informative. Thank you!

Awesome video! I live near letchworth Park and I can’t wait to go hiking and try to identify all the trees!

Thanks for distilling deciduous tree ID. I live in Eastern Canada in the Great Lakes St-Lawrence region of trees. Great tutorial. Thanks.

Thank you for this wonderful video!

Wonderful video on tree identification my friend.

Very educational video on identifying trees. Nice Job!!!!

Native to the area and tree enthusiast. Great content!

Very nice job. Explained very well.

I so much respect you sir for this great informative video of different tree species ! I learnd a lot ! Thank you!

Thanks for your video! Found it very informative. Keep it up man!

Great video, specially valuable that you show how a tree varies as it ages or if attacked by disease

thank you for this video. youre a true professional and your passion is contagious. I learned a alot . cheers from Ottawa

This is perfect. I love you. Thanks!

Great video, sir. Thank you!

I’m currently on a mission to learn how to identify and have knowledge about trees and types of wood. Ever summer I aim to learn a new skill, and this year, it’s just that.

Ah ha! I knew it was letchworth from the split second I saw it! I live in Saranac lake! Best state park! 😍

Very informative, I really appreciated this

Thank you so much...I learned a lot. I live in the western Catskills on 10 acres and have been taking snow hikes...the forest is amazing.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

Thank you so much for this resource!

Thanks Pete..well done!

Interesting. Thank you for this.

Thank you for the video. Very very helpful

most excellent, thank you.

I appreciated this video, I learned a lot about the different kind of maple. I believed only one kind existed. Thank you, Pete.

Nice informative video I wood love to visit that park real nice timber.

Thank you so much for sharing this

Thank you very much. I will probably have to watch this at least 100 times, to digest it all. But I very much appreciate your explanations.

Excellent - thanks for the video!

Excellent videos thank you!

Very informative. Thanks.

Great video -thanks

Great video.

Great content! Thank you!

Well, that ended abruptly. A lot of good information, thanks for sharing!

I live in Westchester and have a lot of Beach Trees in the woods here but I haven't seen any with the disease that you spoke of so hopefully they will stay that way. This is a very informative video. Thanks for taking the time out to make this!

Great video

Amazing pool of knowkedge, I will never look at 'a tree' the same. Maple, dogwood or Ash I probably have narrowed down however I am certain to watch this again,

Very helpful,thank you!

Great video!!!!!!!

You are a damn good man. Great video!

Very good explained well

Thank you for making such a informative vedio

Great video thanks for the info

Thanks for making this video.

I love White oaks

Thanks..really focusing on white oak

Also, Black Cherries often have growths on them, and also relatively few large branches.

Just hand planted several Red Maples Here in Southern California from Seeds

Awesome video. I took the motorcycle to letchworth last September. Breathtaking to say the least. I live in Ulster county on 5 acres and been slowly learning the trees as I have been prowling for firewood. Many dead ash trees from the EAB. I got a good section of Beech trees and I consider them a nuisance due to their ability to sprout from their roots and their ability to block so much sunlight. I am happy to learn that Beech provides excellent firewood and will be looking for any that have that bark disease. I never cut down live trees but will make an exception for unhealthy beech tree.

As a Western forestry man who has seen very little of the East, I found this very instructive. May I offer a couple of things? •I think you need a pin-on microphone, so you are always local to the sound system. •It would be OK to throw in a tiny bit of nomenclature, such as the sinus of leaves. •Those who want more information on trees and their identity can benefit from books by Elbert L. Little. He is in "field guide" and other books associated with Audubon. Field guides deal with tree ID in all parts of North America, UK, Europe and Africa. I also like the PACIFIC COAST TREES by McMinn and Maino.

Thank you, learned a lot!

Wow. What a great video. I've not seen such a diversity in trees 40 yrs. Sad about ash was always go to fire wood. When you ran short. Seasoned on the stump. (I know pre planning would have prevented it. But there is thing called life that keeps messing that up. Called wife children etc. Easier to deal 100 year old tree than a disgruntled woman. ) Is there anything you can do to help ash? Always kept seed trees. Look healthy. Try to keep diversified forest so disease can't run rampant. Parents had place cut off 15 years or so. Noticed a lot of species missing since then. Yellow birch gone. Maples on decline. Ash as well. White pine almost non existant. Mostly fir some spruce. Noticed also. No more choke cherries. Black cherries. Even alders on the wayside. Spent a good portion of my time cutting by hand. (Biscuit wood). Buck or bow saw. Battle of the century (lol ). Always thought I'd never win. I left and came back all gone or changed. I know mother nature does what's right. Just want to understand. Ash trees keep hidden amongst spruce and fir. Poplar take out on a regular basis. Fast growing short lived tree. 30 to 40 yrs max . harvested 24 inch on stump that I planted at 10 yrs old cut at 40. Love your video. And any tips would be greatly appreciated. Especially on ash and maple or even beech. My go to fire woods Keep .my seed trees have way too many conifers. But hesitate cutting cuz they are the buffer between soft and hardwood. Don't know how old you are. Remember spruce budworm. Catostrophic.. Man made. 1970's. Monoculture. Great when it works. Horrific when it fails. As ole man Shoefelt said, Knew an engineer once worked for the railroad. Maine .

I love the smell of fresh cut white oak .......ah !

Hey! I like Patchouli! LoL Wonderful video.

Nice video. New to the channel. Found this really interesting Cheers from Victoria Canada

Awesome vid. You should see the Cross Timbers here in SE Kansas. 95%+ of all trees are post oak or blackjack oak in some areas.

thank you Mr Collin, no we are in San Antonio Tx. in here we know them by "fresno", but I was told that is from the Ash family, more specific a Colorado ash,. thank you.

Red Maple is actually quite harder wood than silver maple and has more commercial value, Silver maple has softer wood but not as highly sought after as Red Maple. Both are classified as soft maple but red maple is the most common wood marketed as soft maple. Of the soft fast growing maples, Red maple is the hardest, and then Silver maple and then the softest is Box elder which has little commercial use.

Thank you so much I learned a lot from your video.

I second the thanks!! Learning later than sooner here in northwestern Connecticut. Every other ash here is doomed, unfortunately. Cut up a beech tree this summer that broke in two due to wind. Bark disease, I assume. Lots of tulip poplar down from high winds. Greater starter wood but must mix with other firewood.

Thank you

Very informative I live in northeastern central pennsylvania so your forests and mine are identical. You should add 3 more to show the same trees during fall winter and spring. My dogs and I love to hit the trail and I found an oak that is 5.5 ft wide 3 people holding hands cant wrap around it so I'm determined to find out about it and try to protect it. It has to be a couple hundred years old which is amazing because most of Pennsylvania's forests have been logged after Europeans settled here

Thanks that was hugely informative. For that last tree, sycamore, the leaves seem bat-shaped.

You are awesome