[Miss Marple]

My bet on the tree stump: American Elm, Maple, or Lombardy Poplar.

Reason:

American Elms die of disease.
Some maples are bad trees with dropping sticks and roots that come to the surface, so the owners might have cut it down.
Lombardy Poplars are popular, fast-growing trees, but short-lived.

Can you tell I am a gardener? HA!

[Kip Lange]

And now:

Number Three:

The *LARCH*.

And now:

Number Thirty-two:

The *LARCH*

:-)

[HairOfTheDog]

Rush, The Trees

There is unrest in the forest,
There is trouble with the trees,
For the maples want more sunlight
And the oaks ignore their pleas.

The trouble with the maples,
And they're quite convinced the're right
They say the oaks are just too lofty
And they grab up all the light.

But the oaks can"t help their feelings
If they like the way they"re made.
And they wonder why the maples
Can"t be happy in their shade?

There is trouble in the Forest
And the creatures all have fled
As the Maples scream "Oppression!"
And the Oaks just shake their heads

So the maples formed a union
And demanded equal rights.
"The oaks are just too greedy;
We will make them give us light."

Now there's no more oak oppression,
For they passed a noble law,
And the trees are all kept equal
By hatchet, axe, and saw.