ericpo1's Identifications

So curious about this amazing tree. I'd estimate it's at least 45' tall.

Growing among Mountain Laurels under what used to be a mature oak canopy, now dead after several successive years of gypsy moth defoliation, area is adjacent to an acidic shrub swamp

Growing in the swamp

Glabrous variant

Numerous short opposite leaved forbs along muddy river bank within flood zone