Tree ID

James M · #1 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 08:23 PM

Can anyone ID this tree for me? it's covered in bumble bees in early summer and it has red berries in the autumn which the birds love.

KeenTeen17 · #2 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 09:00 PM

Thats quite a mature cotoneaster species. The dark green leaves and pale under layers to the leaf are a dead giveaway.

Did you say they are popular with birds? The one in my garden hasn't been touched this morning but one up the road is frequently decimated by waxwing hoardes. I didn't see them though

James M · #3 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 09:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KeenTeen17

Thats quite a mature cotoneaster species. The dark green leaves and pale under layers to the leaf are a dead giveaway.

Did you say they are popular with birds? The one in my garden hasn't been touched this morning but one up the road is frequently decimated by waxwing hoardes. I didn't see them though

Yeah they are, especially after the first frost then they seem to be eaten within a couple of weeks. We once had waxings years ago, I was only little so can't remember which year. Any ideas which species?

KeenTeen17 · #4 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 09:08 PM

I think the only way to identify them is to look at the insides of the flowers I think. I posted a cotoneaster for IDs and was told to wait until spring/summer to get a definitive ID.

James M · #5 (**permalink**) 14-03-2009, 10:42 PM

I know this will sound like a really stupid question

but when you say look inside the flower, do you mean simply looking inside the flower or do you have to do something with a microscope?

James M · #6 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 09:24 PM

It's flowering now, is there anything I can do to help with the ID now?

pleb · #7 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 09:46 PM

There are an awful lot of cotoneaster species but there is a new key available in the Vegetative Flora whch has just been published. davidbr is good with cotoneasters and may be able to identify the one in your picture.

KeenTeen17 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-06-2009, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by pleb

There are an awful lot of cotoneaster species but there is a new key available in the Vegetative Flora whch has just been published. davidbr is good with cotoneasters and may be able to identify the one in your picture.

DavidBr IDed one in my garden a few months back thats identical to this and he said it was C. rehderi.

davidbr · #9 (**permalink**) 13-06-2009, 06:21 AM

From the looks of it, the one in this picture's actually Hollyberry Cotoneaster, Cotoneaster bullatus. It's fairly similar to C. rehderi, but the leaves of bullatus are noticeably more "wrinkled" (for want of a better word...

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