Nice autumnal colour, but help to id please!

Oxford patient · #1 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 07:31 PM

Nice coloured leaves and fruits, and keen to know what they are. Please help to id them.

Cheers,
Oxford patient

Cotham Marble · #2 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 07:50 PM

The leaves are of a berberis. I'd guess the berries are some kind of sorbus but hopefully someone with a better eye will be along to give a more certain ID.

CM

davidbr · #3 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 09:38 PM

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.

Hedera · #4 (**permalink**) 22-10-2009, 09:40 PM

For the berberis I would suggest thunbergii, which has the brightest autumn colouring. Looks as though the leafcutters liked it too.
There are dozens of sorbus so difficult to pin down: size and shape of tree, location etc needed.