What tree is this

[Alchemist]

I am thinking willow or Beech, maybe sweet chestnut. Beech trees keep their leaves though and this hasn't. I have carved a piece and it was very nice which makes me think willow.

 

[kedwould]

i think you should up load a photo of the tree and bark, i'm not brilliant at trees but not beech and i don't recognise it as any of the common willow, a good tip is to look at the leaf litter surrounding the tree and pick out the different dead leaves and piece them to the surrounding trees.

 

[SOAR]

Its not Beech, the buds on Beech grow out at an angle not close to the stem like in your pic, buds dont look right anyway, more than likely goat willow.

 

[Alchemist]

Cheers guys, I may have time to take a pic tommorow. I will chase up Goat willow for now. The wood is very pale and nice to carve.

 

[Adze]

Chestnut should be pretty easy to spot to be honest, unless the tree is particularly young - as with beech mast making beech easy to spot, there should be millions of old casings spread about from last season.

 

[poddle]

I am thinking willow or Beech, maybe sweet chestnut. Beech trees keep their leaves though and this hasn't. I have carved a piece and it was very nice which makes me think willow.

Beech trees keep their leaves? Since when?
Willow keep their leaves.
Was the tree trunk quite green? If so it may be a Willow

 

[jdlenton]

I stumped..

I need a pic of the tree and a reasonable bu not too close shot of the bark that would help aid ID greatly so would a pic of the grain of the wood.

I trawled my brain and my books and come up short... more info please

 

[Alchemist]

Beech trees have the dead brown leaves on them in the winter. Or I could be a total plonker!

PS- Your binary is very good.

 

[Alchemist]

I stumped..

I need a pic of the tree and a reasonable bu not too close shot of the bark that would help aid ID greatly so would a pic of the grain of the wood.

I trawled my brain and my books and come up short... more info please

The camera is going in my work bag now. The tree is at my kids' nursery and I am taking bits slowly through the weeks. The branches came down in the snow. I will finish work a bit early to get the pics in daylight.

Many thanks everyone.

 

[jdlenton]

ow yes for got about habitat and location so its in some sort of planted garden then? how old are the building/garden etc. that will help too

 

[poddle]

Beech trees have the dead brown leaves on them in the winter. Or I could be a total plonker!

PS- Your binary is very good.

Sorry Alchemist, I would consider dead leaves as not being kept, especially as using dead/ shed beech leaves is a bushcrafters way of insulating a bed.
The only reason that the tree has leaves is because they have not yet blown or fallen off.

Here is a picture of a beech tree in winter

Unless I'm a plonker of course

 

[david1]

not quite young trees do keep there leaves for protection, by cutting a beach hedge they keep their leaves as they think they are still young... neat trick

 

[poddle]

But the leaves are dead, they do not regrow?

 

[addo]

But the leaves are dead, they do not regrow?

The new leaves push off the old ones.
Mainly hedges that do this "holding on"

My old hedge has done it each winter since the 60's and some trees do it too.

 

[Muddypaws]

The area of a beech tree closest to the roots (about 2m wide and 2.5m high) is called the "juvenile cone". The last seasons leaves are retained through the winter within this area. Beech hedges are clipped to remain within the juvenile cone. (source - Alan Mitchell. Complete guide to Trees of Britain and Northern Europe).

 

[dorkingbushcraft]

i regularly use this websitehttp://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/index.htm

 

[Alchemist]

The area of a beech tree closest to the roots (about 2m wide and 2.5m high) is called the "juvenile cone". The last seasons leaves are retained through the winter within this area. Beech hedges are clipped to remain within the juvenile cone. (source - Alan Mitchell. Complete guide to Trees of Britain and Northern Europe).

Excellent info, thank you very much. Some pics to follow.

 

[Alchemist]

OK, here are some pics. When I said my daughter's nursery I meant a place where children develop, not plants! I hope nobody was confused.

The trees is in a school and the area looks fairly wet but it is definately not next to a stream.









I have no pics of the wood yet but it is very pale and soft.

 

[locum76]

The bottom pic tells me its a cherry tree. Wait for a month and see if it blossoms.

 

[Cobweb]

Looks like an Alder which like wet areas Take some more pics when it leafs