Ident help please!!

[Richie O]

Could anyone tell me what this is! I've had a look in my tree book buy can't seem to pinpoint it...

 

[British Red]

Guelder Rose mate

 

[seany boy]

Hi there,

looks like Guelder-rose.

 

[Fenlander]

Could anyone tell me what this is! I've had a look in my tree book buy can't seem to pinpoint it...

Looks like Guelder-rose to me.

 

[British Red]

I win

 

[seany boy]

Ha ha
looks like Red's got the fastest fingers on the forum

 

[British Red]

Yes,

but sadly Red has a number of ident pleas himself in a moment!

Red

 

[Richie O]

Thanks guys

 

[rich59]

The colour seems a little dark. Why is it not the wild service? How big was the original bush/ tree Richie O?

 

[xylaria]

Wild service tree does grow in the area Richie O is from, but the leaves on the wild service tree have more lobes and are slightly longer. Guelder rose are very easy to ID if you squeeze the fruit and then sniff your finger. You then understand why the fruit is only eaten by birds when they are starving. The berries can be processed to be a food preservative but I don't know how, they are supposedly safe to eat. Personally putting them in my mouth makes me want to throw up.

 

[seany boy]

Guelder rose are very easy to ID if you squeeze the fruit and then sniff your finger. You then understand why the fruit is only eaten by birds when they are starving. The berries can be processed to be a food preservative but I don't know how, they are supposedly safe to eat. Personally putting them in my mouth makes me want to throw up.

Found a bit more info here;

http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Viburnum+opulus

 

[sxmolloy]

the fastest fingers on the forum

try saying that after 8 pints....