In a message dated 10/22/2004 8:26:42 AM Eastern Standard Time,
 writes:

Rick -  I'm not ID savvy with trees but my field guide points to Quaking
Aspen and  not a cottonwood tree. I'll give the tree a closer look the next
time I'm  at BMNT. - Tom



Tom,
 My mistake. I looked in the Audubon book right after I hit reply,  and,
ooops, yes we do have aspens in the mid-atlantic, though I've never seen  one. It
is likely that it is a cottonwood tree though, which we have in  abundance.

Feeling rather sheepish, Rick