Help with Tree ID please

laurangutan · #1 (**permalink**) 21-05-2011, 06:55 PM

Hi I have been trying to id trees today but not very good at it! Pics not great but if you have any ideas as to what trees these leaves are form I would be very happy!

1 - Rowan - but very toothed

2 - Ash?

3 - just cant work it out

4 - Downey birch - really not sure but lots of hairs on leave and stems (pos hybrid) - not even sure if birch?

5 - Not sure

Cheers

L

Eyre · #2 (**permalink**) 26-05-2011, 10:35 AM

With number 2, did you see any black buds on the tree?

APC · #3 (**permalink**) 26-05-2011, 10:53 PM

1 - cut leaved rowan
2 - possibly a walnut. Ash should have more serrated leaves I think. Black buds would be the giveaway. Peach-coloured bark maybe?
3 - I want to say wych elm, but the bottom of the leaf should be non-symetrical, maybe look at all the other leaves and see if this is the case, as only one leaf is clear. Otherwise, hornbeam?
4 - downy birch. To be sure, was the bark white/silvery?
5 - some sort of crab apple? maybe wild cherry.

I don't think that many of them are right though.

laurangutan · #4 (**permalink**) 27-05-2011, 08:10 AM

Thanks both for your replies ... it looks like ...

1 - is cut leaved rowan,
2 - pos ash - all leaves no buds which is a shame
3 - I worked it out to be wild cherry (2 red blobs on leaf stalk)
4 - downy birch - but looks so differnet to any other birch I look at! Leave very sharply angled away from leaf stalk.
5 - I will investigate as crab apple

Cheers

Laura