winter tree identification

[DanBow]

Hi all,

I had just received a book on tree identification when this link pops into my inbox.
http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011/bark-buds-common-european-deciduous-trees-winter-identification/

Spooky, but brilliant.

Dan

 

[Deaner666]

Paul writes a useful blog... this post in particular has stood me in good stead over the winter.

 

[chas brookes]

Hi
this link from woodland trust is usefull too

http://www.naturedetectives.org.uk/download/id_twigs_quiz

 

[robin wood]

That's a useful blog post though to be honest when I identify trees it is more often shape and form of tree which is a function of the way the buds form that leads to ID from the far side of the field long before you can see bud or bark. This is much the same as we all identify birds mostly by flight pattern rather than detail. A rook just acts very different to a pigeon even when silhouetted. So too an ash is very open in form and twigs bud in widely spaced opposing pairs, alder has a dense crown which shows the purple bloom of it's buds this time of year you would find them along streambanks or in stands in wet woodland and so on.

 

[mountainm]

Collins nature guide to Trees of Britain and Europe by G. Aas and A. Riedmiller has tree silhouttes and bark photos in. It makes a very good field guide.