Spotting

These trees look relatively young and my guess is that it hasn't had time to develop the deep furrows. But yes, once you get a whole tree picture it should help to identify.

The bark didn't appear to have deep furrows so I wasn't thinking a cottonwood. I'll capture the whole tree tomorrow. I figured I'd try to get somewhere with just a leaf.

Hello Jesse! As a wildlife spotting and sharing community, it would be great if you could capture the entire plant in its habitat. This provides more information for others who may want to see, or who happen to spot, this and other species, or who may want to help you ID it. While it is possible to identify some plants by a leaf, it is not possible for all plants and there isn't any visual information on how the plant looks growing naturally. This is from the Project Noah Frequently Asked Questions: "Again, as our main purpose is reconnecting people to and documenting wildlife, we prefer that spottings for all organisms be taken in their natural environment wherever possible." AND "Please state the actual habitat where you photographed the spotting - this information can then be used to track changes in habitat, such as those caused by human intervention or habitat destruction." as regards the latter statement it is obviously helpful to have this habitat in one of the photographs. Thank you

I'm thinking its a cottonwood. Closely related to the aspen and has similar looking leaves, but a aspen would have a whitish bark.

I'll upload a photo of the bark. The leaves looked too long and not stout .

looks like quaking aspen, what does the bark look like?