Beautiful Berries!

thebeard · #1 (**permalink**) 31-10-2009, 07:12 PM

this time of year is obviously great for seeing flushes of colour from the berries on trees. i enjoy getting photos of them, as they often contrast well with the colours of the autumn leaves and with the dull weather which usually accompanies them.

got a couple here which i need to get ID'd though, so if anyone could help that'd be great!

first one i think is Whitebeam Sorbus aria

this one stumped me the leaves, of which i didnt get a photo, looked like field maple, but i didn't think they had berries. is there any way anyone could ID it from these pics?

2dogs2000 · #2 (**permalink**) 31-10-2009, 08:46 PM

I am far from an expert on these things but they look very similar (to me) to guelder rose. I had some berries on for I.D. and I thought they were redcurrants and it was guelder rose.

have a look in the Gallery see if that helps.

aeshna5 · #3 (**permalink**) 31-10-2009, 08:50 PM

1 is a species of Whitebeam, but the lobing of the leaves suggests to me the non-native, but frequently planted + occasionally naturalised Swedish Whitebeam, S. intermedia.

2 is Guelder Rose, Viburnum opulus, which does have palmately lobed leaves like a maple, but is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae.