A tree id please
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Great ID pics which allows me to say it's not Lime.
What it is exactly I'm not sure. I've seen similar but I'm damned if I can remember what it was :duuno:
What it is exactly I'm not sure. I've seen similar but I'm damned if I can remember what it was :duuno:
Goat willow.
Sometimes called pussy willow ...
😏
... because of the male catkins resembling cats paws. 😎
Salix caprea in Latin.
http://www.tree-guide.com/goat-willow
Sometimes called pussy willow ...
😏
... because of the male catkins resembling cats paws. 😎
Salix caprea in Latin.
http://www.tree-guide.com/goat-willow
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I always think that goat willow leaves have a leathery look to them. Lime has a more heart shaped leaf.
Lime is Tilia sp., like basswood here. The leaves of all the species are slightly heart shaped as awarner points out.
Where the margin of the leaf joins what becomes the petiole, the stem of attachment to a branch, the two sides are uneven. Most characteriestic.
None of our willows (Salix sp)have such toothed (aka "dentate") margins and all have much more slender leaf profiles.
Something makes me want to say beech, if not elm or hawthorne.
Where the margin of the leaf joins what becomes the petiole, the stem of attachment to a branch, the two sides are uneven. Most characteriestic.
None of our willows (Salix sp)have such toothed (aka "dentate") margins and all have much more slender leaf profiles.
Something makes me want to say beech, if not elm or hawthorne.
Mystery for me, it isn't Goat Willow, the bark is wrong. Your little tree looks more like Whitebeam. If it is, look after it, they look fantastic with their silver leaves. Whitebeam and Beech are my favourite trees. 
The only thing holding me back from Whitebeam is the bark and growth pattern, it doesn't look right.
I found a Piittosporum up on the South Downs today, I spied it because it was wrong for the environment, probably why you saw yours. Got in close and found bunches of dead flowers at the base. The one I found mis probably a pet burial where the owners just don't understand the natural flora and fauna.
The only thing holding me back from Whitebeam is the bark and growth pattern, it doesn't look right.
I found a Piittosporum up on the South Downs today, I spied it because it was wrong for the environment, probably why you saw yours. Got in close and found bunches of dead flowers at the base. The one I found mis probably a pet burial where the owners just don't understand the natural flora and fauna.
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I've taken to using an app on my phone called "Trees of Britain" to help me learn how to identify various trees. I've found it very useful in the past but, after a good long look I've not found for definite anything that 100% resembles what's in those photographs.
I'd go with Goat Willow too. This is because I was trying to identify a tree with identical features, but much older (trunk was about 6ft diameter). Sent some photos to the dendrologist at work, and he identified it. Apparently the little leaf-bud-like bits between the leaf stems are the give-away.
