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Hopefully I am being myopic here (or thick).

 

Pair of trees (maybe shrub) but seem to be a single trunk both about 10m tall, hardly any foliage in S England in Early June.

 

About 20m from River, clay type soil.

 

Public land, where a lot of unusual trees were obviously planted probably after WW2.

 

I can only think some type of Willow?

 

No thorns, but almost like gorse foliage.

 

First photos were taken 31/5/16.

 

I managed to get a few close ups of foliage tonight (2/6/16) after almost killing myself battling some nasty nettles thistles and the like.

 

ANy ideas?

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Hi, It could well be (Retama) maybe.

 

Many thanks for the reply.

 

It will be interesting to see if they flower properly.

 

I know very little about shrubs, a little more about trees.

 

These seem to me more of a small tree than a shrub in size and single stem.

 

I cant find much about them growing successfully in the UK.

 

However this is a very sheltered and warm spot.

 

I will update if I find a positive ID.

 

The main stems must have been about 200mm in diameter.

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Think it may be Genista Aetnensis, Mount Etna Broom.

 

There is a record of a few in the Uk in the Tree Register Handbook.

 

Seems to fit the bill.

 

Many thanks for the (broom) tip off.

 

I think it is too. Although called Broom it is not the same genus as Cytisus scoparius but they are in the same 'Tribe' Genisteae along with Gorse and Laburnum. Most of these are leguminous, the importance being that they can fix atmospheric nitrogen and so can survive in (and improve) organically poor soils.

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There are several Laburnum nearby.

 

This weekend I shall try and cut down all the overgrowth and maybe take a few measurements.

 

Trunk looked so much like a Willow, but completely different species.

 

Fabacacae according to Owen Johnson book.

 

Many thanks ot all

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