Found a tree with a light brown stem hanging down with this leaf. Anyone please tell me what is could be.
Plant ID please
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Found a tree with a light brown stem hanging down with this leaf. Anyone please tell me what is could be.
Hi globetrotter,could you be more specific,was the light brown stem part of the tree itself or was it a case of another plant growing through the tree ie a climbing plant with these leaves attached.
It would help narrow things down a bit.
Cheers Stuart.
sorry it was a plant hanging down off a tree, the stem was a light brown colour and I thought it was clementis.
I would agree with you, Globetrotter --- it looks very much like Clematis vitalba (travellerss joy, old man's beard). The leaves look like Clematis leaves, as does the fact that is was growing over a tree. It's definitely not Crataegus (no offence Bivibave - you didn't have the info about it just hanging off the tree when you made your post). Was it growing in a chalky soil, Globetrotter? Clematis is a calcicole and is almost always found on calcareous or alluvial soil --- most common in the South of England (although I have seen it on the Great Orme - that limestone outcrop in North Wales) - you won't find it on acidic soils. Also, were there any remnants of last years "beards" -- they would absolutely identify it as Clematis. If you go back to the plant around July time, it will be flowering and there a positive identification would be possible.
