Tree and fungi identification help

[Scottishwanderer]

I can't take pictures but i video'd some stuff. I tried to get a shot of leaves, close up of front and back of leaves , bark and a shot of the whole tree.

Could anyone help identify some of it? there are 7 or 8.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2_Rn0EjEk4&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Cheers SW

 

[stuart f]

Hi SW, in order.
1-Looks like a dead Hawthorn
2.Beech(Fagus sylvatica).
3.young Sweet Chesnut(Castanea sativa).
4.Cattail(Typha) as you say.
5.burl is on Birch(Betula pendula).
6.young Birch Polypore or Razorstrop fungus(Piptoporus betulinus).
7.Horse hoof fungi(Fomes fomentarius).
8.Willow(Salix)

I hope this is of help.
Cheers Stuart.

 

[Scottishwanderer]

Hi SW, in order.
1-Looks like a dead Hawthorn
2.Beech(Fagus sylvatica).
3.young Sweet Chesnut(Castanea sativa).
4.Cattail(Typha) as you say.
5.burl is on Birch(Betula pendula).
6.young Birch Polypore or Razorstrop fungus(Piptoporus betulinus).
7.Horse hoof fungi(Fomes fomentarius).
8.Willow(Salix)

I hope this is of help.
Cheers Stuart.

Awesome mate cheers.

Thanks mate thats awesome.

Just noticed theres only 7 though. I think what you thought was hawthorn is beech. My poor video work made the initial shot look like a dead tree when the leaves that look like beech are attached to it if you understand what i mean.

Could beech leaves be mistaken for birch leaves at a glance?

 

[stuart f]

Could beech leaves be mistaken for birch leaves at a glance?

Hi SW,heres a couple of pics-Beech http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/images/leaves/18.jpg

Birch http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/images/leaves/86.jpg

Also this site may help you with tree id http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/home.html

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Scottishwanderer]

Hi SW,heres a couple of pics-Beech http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/images/leaves/18.jpg

Birch http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/images/leaves/86.jpg

Also this site may help you with tree id http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/home.html

Cheers Stuart.

Thanks mate thats the site i use for initial identification but it's not always easy to get it right using pics so i like to get a second opinion for verification.

Now i know what beech looks like my overnight spot needs to be moved i think.

 

[Geoff Dann]

Now i know what beech looks like my overnight spot needs to be moved i think.

Because beech tend to shed branches unpredictably?

It is easy for us southerners to forget that beech is not native to northern Britain. I think this was probably the first tree I learned to recognise, or maybe the second after oak.

 

[Imagedude]

Also this site may help you with tree id http://www-saps.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/trees/home.html

Cheers Stuart.

Great site, is it available as a book?

 

[stuart f]

Great site, is it available as a book?

Hi ID, I don't think so. This is a really good book though http://www.amazon.co.uk/Trees-Brita...=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1314479294&sr=1-4
Infact all his books are good.

Cheers Stuart.

 

[Scottishwanderer]

Because beech tend to shed branches unpredictably?

It is easy for us southerners to forget that beech is not native to northern Britain. I think this was probably the first tree I learned to recognise, or maybe the second after oak.

Yes, if you look at the beech in the first part of the video it's split right down the middle, other ones i've seen have huge limbs fallen off, now i know what it looks like i'll not be sleeping under it.