Tree ID!

[Stew]

I'm fairly comfy that I know the spicies but want a sense check. I won't say what I think it is yet so as not to biase the view.

(Please don't just guess either. )

Young growth on a different tree but I think it's the same species....

 

[slowworm]

I would say alder but I'd want to see buds on the young shoots and if a fresh branch goes orange on cutting that would also indicate alder. Any cones?

 

[Tengu]

Elm?

 

[Stew]

I would say alder but I'd want to see buds on the young shoots and if a fresh branch goes orange on cutting that would also indicate alder. Any cones?

I would say not Alder. It doesn't have that spongy inner bark that colours up quickly.
I don't recall cones either way!

I've checked back through my phone and found a picture of a leaf before it had been felled.

 

[slowworm]

Then Tengu seems to be right with Elm, due to the uneven base. I've not seen a mature English elm so don't recognise the tree.

 

[Broch]

Most probably English Elm; Wych Elm leaves have a long tapering point on them. However, I have seen (on the trees in my wood) leaves that have not fully formed yet that look more like English Elm, and that leaf does look quite young.

 

[Stew]

I thought Elm too but also haven’t seen (m)any in the wild.

This tree sadly died off on my second allotment plot. The heavily curved shape is from it being squished over at some point then pushing up through debris. When clearing the plot it lost its support and toppled. I repropped it hoping it would still be alive but it died off some time later. Hopefully it will reshoot from the roots.

I’m planning to make this piece it into an arch entranceway or similar and while the species is irrelevant to its future use, it’s nice to know.