Know your Barks? 10,000 post competition

[Mesquite]

Munkiboi - you got one right

daveO - you've got one right

Swright81076 - you've also got one right

Feel free to try again guys

As for the people who have said their bark ident is poor... what about your analytical skills? It's just that certain trends are starting to appear which might help you id the correct answers

 

[Wayland]

Well done on the milestone Steve but I'm not even going to try the competition because, as you know, all plants taste green to me....

 

[Wayland]

As for the people who have said their bark ident is poor... what about your analytical skills? It's just that certain trends are starting to appear which might help you id the correct answers

It's like that old board game "Mastermind" isn't it?

Where's Boatman when you need him?

 

[Mesquite]

It's like that old board game "Mastermind" isn't it?

It is indeed

 

[daveO]

Lets try again...

1. Birch
2. Rowan
3. Spruce
4. Sycamore
5. Goat Willow
6. Hazel
7. Sycamore
8. ash
9. plane
10. Oak

 

[Mesquite]

Lets try again...

DaveO - Still just one right

 

[daveO]

I suck at bark

 

[Harvestman]

I suck at bark

That will stain your teeth.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

 

[Nice65]

1:Oak
2:
3:Hazel
4:
5:Goat Willow
6:Cherry
7oplar
8:
9:Hawthorn
10:Sweet Chestnut

2, 4 and 8 seem to have stumped me a bit, even to guess at so though I won't be claiming any prizes, I hope my effort might help the analysts

 

[Mesquite]

Nice65 - I'm afraid you only got 1. Let's see what the analysts make of it though

 

[Nice65]

Nice65 - I'm afraid you only got 1. Let's see what the analysts make of it though

Call meself an arborist too

That's a hard comp you've put together there

 

[Lou]

Call meself an arborist too

That's a hard comp you've put together there

Yeah, but I bet the prize is really special

 

[dwardo]

Trying to do this from memory, researching would be cheating. If i am still miles out a weekend in the woods might trigger a few sparks.
Here we go again

1 oak
2 birch
3 hawthorne
4 beech
5 goat willow
6 cherry
7 lime
8 acer something
9 plane
10 elm

 

[Mesquite]

Trying to do this from memory, researching would be cheating. If i am still miles out a weekend in the woods might trigger a few sparks.

You just bagged another one... 3 correctly identified

 

[Mad Mike]

1 -
2 Hornbeam
3 Oak (young)
4 Beech
5 Aspen
6 Birch
7 willow
8 -
9 Plane
10 Elm

This is worse than Havestmans native flower post

Mike

 

[Mesquite]

This is worse than Havestmans native flower post

I know... it's fun sitting here hearing all those cogs grinding as folks try to work it out.

And you've got 1 correct Mike

 

[daveO]

How specific do you want this by the way? I mean can we just say Spruce or would it have to be Sitka Spruce to be counted?

Number 9 is driving me mad. I know I've seen it but can't put my finger on what it is.

One more go anyway...

1 Beech
2 birch
3 pine
4 beech
5 goat willow
6 hawthorn
7 whitebeam
8 alder
9 spruce
10 elm

 

[HHazeldean]

1. Ash
2. Blackthorn
3. Birch
4. Hazel
5. Elm
6.Cherry
7. Holly
8. Beech
9. Hawthorn
10. Willow

 

[Mesquite]

How specific do you want this by the way? I mean can we just say Spruce or would it have to be Sitka Spruce to be counted?

I'm happy with Oak even though there's 2 species, same as Birch, Lime etc.

And you've got 2 right Dave

HHazeldean - you've got 2 correct My mistake when I originally said you'd got 0 right, sorry about that

Feel free to enter again guys

 

[Mesquite]

Just to help folks out slightly I am willing to say that they're all deciduous trees. None of the barks pictured belong to trees that are conifers and I'm including Larch in that group.

Also, as I said earlier, they are all regarded as native or naturalised British trees