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Old 22-10-2009, 09:38 PM
davidbr davidbr is offline
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Re: Nice autumnal colour, but help to id please!

The first one looks like Thunberg's Barberry (Berberis thunbergii). No. 2 is actually a Crataegus, cockspur-thorn, not a Sorbus, and I'd say it was Broad-leaved Cockspur-thorn (Crataegus persimilis).

They're both occasionally naturalised from bird-sown fruit, as well as being very popular in roadside plantings etc.
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