Mystery Tree

[John Fenna]

Can anyone identify this tree my wife saw in West Wales (Minwear Woods nr Haverfordwest)?



Thanks in advance you wonder brains!

Nearest I can get to is Spindle Tree - but my wife will not agree....

 

[Harvestman]

It certaintly isn't spindle, but I'm not sure what it is.

 

[Macaroon]

Nope, not Spindle.............looks like one of the weird wild cherry hybrids that seem to be in abundance at the moment, or it may well be an ornamental crab apple that was mentioned in a thread here before Christmas.

I'll have a search and see if I can find it

 

[Macaroon]

Here you go, have a look at this and see if it rings any bells..............

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136130

 

[Mesquite]

I thought cherry laurel at first as the leaves are similar but the berries aren't.

Beyond that I'm baffled

 

[awarner]

Certainly looks like the same as the thread linked to above, have one growing at the front of a local school.
Still some spindle fruit about but it is not the same as the image above but looks like this,

 

[John Fenna]

My wife says no to all those ....

 

[Toddy]

When was the photo taken John ?
I don't know of anything with those leaves that's still got them this late on

Willow leafed cotoneaster does though, but the leaf's not thin or willowy enough to be those ones.

M

 

[DogRose]

Yes the berries are very Cotoneaster like, Cotoneaster frigida cornubia maybe?

 

[John Fenna]

The photo was taken today!
And she says "No" to Cotoneaster....

 

[Wild wandering woodsman]

Looks like Leucothoe or red choke berry to me. Had both in my garden possibly a bird has eaten the berries and dropped the seeds in the woods?

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[John Fenna]

Looks like Leucothoe or red choke berry to me. Had both in my garden possibly a bird has eaten the berries and dropped the seeds in the woods?

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I have to take your word for that - I cannot find any references to that one!

 

[Toddy]

That's rather a relief; I couldn't find it either. Don't think I've ever seen one

Sommat new

M

 

[Toddy]

If it is the red chokeberry, then it's not a native tree, it's north American.

http://www.friendsofthewildflowergarden.org/pages/plants/redchokeberry.html

Not hardy beyond Zone 5 it says. What's zone5 ?

M

 

[Toddy]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_zonemap.png

Zone 5 is pretty blooming cold….the UK and Ireland are between 7 to 10…relatively mild

M

 

[santaman2000]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:UK_zonemap.png

Zone 5 is pretty blooming cold….the UK and Ireland are between 7 to 10…relatively mild

M

North American zone map (they're actually a bit colder at times)

 

[Wild wandering woodsman]

They are ornamental plants well shrubs really but any shrub left to grow can become a tree.

This one is the chokeberry

And this one the Leucothoe

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[John Fenna]

Chokeberry looks the best bet

 

[birchwood]

I can not really see the pics on my phone very well , but I am going to guess at Whitebeam.