Hi everyone just wondering if you all can help identify this tree.
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Tree species
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It's not easy to identify a tree by it's bark , so not surprised nobody had a crack at this yet.
My guess, and it is just a guess ...is that this is a Salice of some sort .(Salix alba or Salix Fragilis maybe?).
Not sure without seeing the leaves but the bark is quite distinct.
It could also be an old sweet chestnut (Castanea Sativa) or even an old Oak
(Quercus robur) .
At the bottom of the page of the following link there's a small species index with a few pointers how to I.D. trees.
The second link has a very good and concise guide and also an app to help with tree identification.
Hope it helps
http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/tree-identification/willow-s-salix-species/
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https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/vi...wildlife/british-trees/how-to-identify-trees/
My guess, and it is just a guess ...is that this is a Salice of some sort .(Salix alba or Salix Fragilis maybe?).
Not sure without seeing the leaves but the bark is quite distinct.
It could also be an old sweet chestnut (Castanea Sativa) or even an old Oak
(Quercus robur) .
At the bottom of the page of the following link there's a small species index with a few pointers how to I.D. trees.
The second link has a very good and concise guide and also an app to help with tree identification.
Hope it helps
http://www.woodlands.co.uk/blog/tree-identification/willow-s-salix-species/
...
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/vi...wildlife/british-trees/how-to-identify-trees/
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Yea I know just saw it in a field that my friend takes his dog and I'm in need of wood for my smoker but if it's not a hardwood I can't use it
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If it is oak there will likely still be leaves about as they dont wrot easily. Look aound on the floor for more clues. If its a willow and they havent used napalm or nuclear weapons to remove the stump there will be shoots growing.
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I will get up there and have a look around to see what I can find thanks everyone for the help.
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Good idea they have been there for years I will look into it though.
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Look closely at the cut end grain. Oaks are very obviously ring-porous, willow (Salix sp.) is not.
The correct ID always begins with flowers and fruits, sure ain't happening here!
The correct ID always begins with flowers and fruits, sure ain't happening here!
Looks like it borders an industrial estate. I have trouble imagining that trunks would be left in such a place as a bio cache. They look like they are a good three feet plus diameter and it seems more likely to me that the tree was felled, the contractors took all the convenient smaller wood for mulch or fire wood, and left the big hunks for someone with a JCB to move. Just down the road from me some contractors felled a big oak, cleaned up and took most of the wood, but left a tangle of 6-8" branch sections and several 2.5-3' diameter x 3-4' long sections. Left them for many months, just siting on some grass at the edge of the parking area, and some obstructing parking. They came back and cleared it all eventually, but if it hadn't been in the way...?
And speaking of the size, how were you planning to get stuff that size home for your smoker? Chain saw, wedges and sledge hammer to split it down where they lie? I don't think there is any doubt that they are hardwood, but some hardwoods do not make nice smoke. Since the proof of the pudding will be in the smoking, I would probably just get hold of a bit of the wood and try it.
And speaking of the size, how were you planning to get stuff that size home for your smoker? Chain saw, wedges and sledge hammer to split it down where they lie? I don't think there is any doubt that they are hardwood, but some hardwoods do not make nice smoke. Since the proof of the pudding will be in the smoking, I would probably just get hold of a bit of the wood and try it.
good job.
Hi all just another question does anyone know what this tree may be?
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Rowan? Some species of Sorbus? The essential features for plant ID require both flowers and fruits.
Hmm flowers
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Nope. Don't think so. Cherries, like all Prunus sp, have simple entire and dentate edged leaves.
This is unlike the first but also has a pinnate-compound leaf of several leaflets.
This is unlike the first but also has a pinnate-compound leaf of several leaflets.
