Old Lion in Midtown

This tree lives on North Bellevue one block north of Poplar Ave. We drove past it in the way to pick up an old Sun Records sign for an auction. The afternoon sun around 3PM lit the trunk in a most spectacular way, highlighting the bark and the furrows. The tree must have been planted a long time ago, possibly when the house was new. In 1994 there was a severe ice storm. Most of Memphis was without power due to fallen limb breaking power lines. As a result many trees were trimmed back to get them away from the power lines. It looks like that happened here, making the tree unbalanced.

A grizzled old tree as yet not identified. Nov. 26 2017

Closer view of the trunk

Texture of the trunk has many ridges

A leaf from the tree. It is late fall so this is fading now.